Has anyone here ever been in a situation where they thought they were for sure going to die?

Question

and did you think about God then and pray?

Answer 1

Yes I have, and Yes I did, in a mud hole in hell, with a fixed bayonet, just about to get overrun by the North Vietnamese Army. Lets smoke it if ya got it. Thank you Lord!

Answer 2

I was experiencing frequently what are called premature atrial contractions during which one's heart does a normal beat followed almost immediately by another beat that occurs too soon after the preceding; the premature contraction is followed then by a compensatory pause which is a longer-than-usual interval between beats. Some of my compensatory pauses, I learned later, were more than two seconds in length; meanwhile, no oxygenated blood was being pumped to my lungs or brain, and I would be struggling to breathe and to avoid fainting. On several of those occasions, I honestly thought that I might die, that I would not be able to breathe again. Fortunately, obviously, I survived, and an adjustment in medication solved the problem of the PACs. At the times that I felt I was dying, I do not recall praying, but, in truth, a two-second interval is not a lengthy time although there would be several of those in the course of an episode which sometimes lasted for several hours. Since I had been a cardiac monitor technician, I was aware of the situation involving my heart, but my knowledge did not in any way diminish my fears, because I had seen on the hospital's monitors patients' rhythms where a compensatory pause lengthened into cardiac arrest!

Answer 3

More than Once: The one I will recall today,Is I had a Gentel Riding Quarter Horse, This Mare had a very good colt, I went to pasture with bucket of oats to bring Mare into pen, This mare came up I let Her have a bite of grain,I made a mistake by not snapping Lead on Her,I started back to barn mare and colt following about 300 yds from barn there was a Blur as mare passed ,She Kicked caught me above Right Eye ,Blood was pouring from Head,I Remember asking God,To please help me live so I can teach my two Sons about the Saviour& I also said Lord Who will show them how to play Baseball?I knew my Wife would Teach them about God. an Elderly Lady at the place where I pastured Horses brought me a A large white Bath towell & Her Husband took me to Emerg. Rm. Towell soaked along with my shirt,Dr.stiched me up,I don"t know how many stiches,I never passed out and back at work in about 4 days.I knew that God Heard me that He Healed Me ,that was in 1972 ,45 Yrs,I have seen God do Mighty things,I give Him the Glory cause He Heard My cry, When I Knew I was Dieing,There have been other Times ,But I said Lord You have kept My feet in all Life"s Journey, Not because I deserve it,But because of Your Loving Kindness. Oh Yes One Son is High School Basket ball Coach--------The Other one An S.E.D. Teacher-- My Wife is still with Me.Jesus is the Lord of My Life-----No other name god, can do what He Does

Answer 4

Yes, I've been in that situation more than once & God was the last thing on my mind...getting out of the situation was the main thought.
I don't think there's usually time to think of God when in an emergency though...it would depend on the circumstances, maybe if you knew you were going to die for some time.

Answer 5

I think about God and pray to Him from the time I wake up in the morning, through out my day, and before I go to bed at night. I do not wait for the proverbial "11th hour" to talk to God. I do not fear death because I know that Jesus is waiting for me once my soul leaves my body when i die. Praise the Lord!! All according to His perfect will and time.

Answer 6

I'm sure those who believe in a god would pray to their god at that time.

I am equally sure those who do not believe in a god would not pray to something they consider to be non existent.

That's like you facing death and suddenly deciding that you've been wrong all along and Krishna is the real god so you'd pray to him.

Answer 7

Yes, I've literally been hanging off a cliff.

No, I didn't think about God, even though I was young back then and hadn't become atheist. I thought a more practical thought would be "where can I get a grip to pull myself up so I don't DIE?" Did a lot more to keep me alive than prayer would have, I can tell you taht.

Answer 8

Yes, in childbirth; It was getting complicated and I was hemoraging. The placenta wasn't coming out and they basically had to yank it out.. While they were putting me under, I didn't know for sure at that point if I was going to wake up.

No, I didn't think about God. I took one last look at my husband and my beautiful baby girl. That moment is etched in my memory to this day. How he was crying over her. I had no thoughts to afterlife. Only of what I could be leaving behind.

That moment became sacred, because I lived. And that's when I knew that I wanted to.

Answer 9

Yeah. I thought for sure I was "going down". Thought it was "the big one". Head started to tingle & get numb. Tongue and right arm went numb. Stood up & got dizzy & room was spinning. Heart began to race & I turned a whitish color of green and was just about ready to hit the floor when my mother in law called 911. I thought " NO! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING IN FRONT OF MY MOTHER IN LAW. I AM USUALLY SO IN CONTROL".

I sat in a "tunnel" forever (5 minutes) I began to pray that my sins were forgiven and tried to get my mind and heart "right" When paramedics arrived they hooked me up to EKG - it was fine - pulse a bit fast - I was starting to feel better. Then they informed me I had had a major panic attack and that I would be fine. I was so embarrassed but glad that was not my last day. I'm still here.

Answer 10

My thoughts were focused on my wife, daughter, and grandchildren; how sad I would be to never see them again; and how they would fare without me. There was a time when I would have prayed to God to look after them, but I was no longer a god-believer by that occasion.

Answer 11

Yes I have had that experience. No I did not think about God and pray.