Sunday, March 17, 2013

My St. Patrick's Day Miracle


Angel Kisses
The wind howled as the snow piled up on the dark highway, blinding the young driver who strained to see beyond the headlights. Interstate 70 remained open just for her as she maneuvered the ambulance through the storm. My husband sat next to her, encouraging her, and I sat in the back, hooked to machines while an EMT kept me awake till we got to St. Anthony Hospital in Denver.
That was 10 years ago today – St. Patrick’s Day – when a car accident tried to take my life.  Highways were closed and Denver was at a standstill with accumulations of 6 feet of snow in some areas.
While in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit in a daze of shock and morphine, I remembered driving alone, falling asleep, careening off the highway, and tumbling end for end through a rancher’s field – all the while hearing someone who wasn’t there telling me “you’re okay, you’re okay, you’re okay.” Though my vital signs dipped, I had no feeling of not being okay. Loved ones waiting at the hospital prayed. Soon the surprised doctor would mention something about the prayers working.
The ensuing days and weeks were met with painful healing, therapies, and efforts to overcome a concussion. Other life events threatened my sanity. But slowly...surely...the wholeness returned. I was "okay." I was alive. I would see my children grow. I would hold and hug my grandchildren.
Today, I am still certain I was miraculously saved. Not only that, but I was saved for a purpose. Hence, I now have a fun goal to live out the dreams God has placed in me. And I am so blessed by and thankful for my friends and family who I, in turn, hope to bless in the years I have left.
So...do I now know my destiny...my purpose? Well, I'm closer. I believe it has everything to do with my dreams. And it also has to do with communicating three simple, profound words. GOD IS GOOD! Jeremiah 29:11 (What dreams has God placed in you?)
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Monday, March 4, 2013

The CIA of the Kingdom of God



There are many accounts in the Bible that reveal a powerful Kingdom Central Intelligence Agency staffed by agents commissioned by God to foil plots against His people.
In one account in Acts, God sent a boy who overheard the plan of 40 men to kill Paul. The boy told Paul, Paul had him ushered before the ruler to tell him, and soon an army of 70 horseman, 200 soldiers, and 200 spearmen were dispatched to usher Paul to safety in another town.
Another account tells about Paul on a ship at sea that was tossed and destroyed by a terrible storm. Miraculously, all 276 men aboard survived, including Paul. In both accounts, Paul was assured by angels of the Lord that he would survive, and, in the second account, he was told none of the men on the ship would be lost. Paul trusted God. There was never a doubt. That trust overcame fear and gave him boldness to take risks. His total obedience to his destiny and fearlessness of death enabled him to move mountains of oppression sent to defeat him and his message.
The lesson? God’s plans for you have an anointing of protection. His CIA officers are standing guard. Sometimes they are angels. Sometimes a young boy. Sometimes friends. Sometimes you (for others)! He even sends His own outstretched hand. Our good God is strategic. His plans for us will be accomplished. We need not fear. (See Psalm 91.)
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