Before I start the writing, I just wanted to say hello to my caregiver's 16-year-old foster daughter, Precious, and her real twenty-year-old daughter Diamond! Thank you, ladies, for accepting the cards and I pray you'll be encouraged by the writings!
For those of you who personally know me, you probably know that I am not a stranger to being at the door of death. I think my husband is the only one that knows of all the crazy instances I've gone through.
Let's see. What have I gone through? Well, I have had 2 DNC surgeries, one of which losing a significant amount of blood in my body. Thank God for a blood transfusion I was able to get.
Another instance was probably a little more than 10 years ago when I was still able to walk. I was trying to catch the bus, but I ended up losing my balance and fell under the bus. And I can't remember exactly the specifics since it was so long ago, but I do remember people on the bus telling me that they were trying to get the bus driver to open the door and not to drive because someone was under the bus. The bus driver wasn't listening but thank God before he started to drive someone on the bus punched open the emergency door so the bus would stop. Then people got me from under the bus. I was completely fine! Maybe a few bruises but that's it. Thank God!
The last thing I can remember was this. I don't exactly remember the time but I know it was some years ago and I was still able to stand so it must have been quite a while. OK, me and my husband were at Target on the South side of Chicago. We were done purchasing stuff and were going to take the escalator down. Big mistake! All I remember is me stepping onto the escalator and then losing my balance and then I fell on the steps. I didn't even try to get up because, well, I was scared! So, I figured if I just stay sitting on the step I will be fine. When I finally got downstairs the Target workers were waiting around for me and they carried me up and I was fine. I had no broken bones or anything maybe some bruises. Again but that was it!
I probably have more near-death experiences but, that's all I can think of right now. I probably will end up asking my husband but honestly, who wants to keep near-death experiences in your mind right? The escalator instance could have resulted differently but it didn't, thank God!
( So I did talk to my husband and yes he remembered more than me. This happened 10 years ago Joe said. So let me explain more because I am pretty sure it's hard to picture Something like this happening. So, 1st of all I guess I already was on the escalator. I guess I had said that I had lost my balance and there was a couple behind me and Joe was in front of me maybe 3 steps down. He said it's like I was surfing because I was laying on my stomach on the escalator covering like 2 steps. So when I finally got down the husband behind me picked me up and then Target workers came by me and gave me a bandaid because I guess I had a cut. O OK! I somewhat remember that now. Thanks to my husband for his awesome memory of that day.)
Why do I share this with you? Because the topic of my writing this morning is God knows and he will provide! Not too long after my quite scary experiences, I began using a walker. Then years went by and I began to use a walker with a seat. Now after many years, I'm using a wheelchair.
Friends, God knew that it was not safe for me to walk or even stand by myself. So, we felt like it was time for me to start using a wheelchair. Oh, I forgot to mention that after the whole bus incident, God did something. I guess the whole bus scare needed to happen and was in my favor. Also at this time, I was trying to get "paratransit." Well, You better believe that I told Pace about the Bus scare and my getting of paratransit was totally expedited! Those things usually take years on the waiting list someone was calling me within days to get that interview! So now, I've been using paratransit more than 10 years! Anyway, back to what I was saying earlier.
Basically, God knew! He knows what we need at all times. He will provide what we need at all times! We just need to trust that. Do you trust that? Sometimes, he will allow things that are pretty uncomfortable, or like in my cases, pretty dangerous. Folks I know it's hard to keep trusting in Jesus especially when something bad is happening to ourselves or our loved ones. The moral of this writing is to trust Jesus even when it is hard. He has a purpose. He knows what's best for you!
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