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When
times are overwhelming, such as an emergency situation, I lock eyes with
Jesus. My thoughts are my words. Jesus hears my thoughts and answers in my
thoughts. He knows what was, what is and
what is going to happen. He is there with the answer as soon as my thoughts form questions.
Jesus is beside me, He is carrying me, He is in front of me and He is behind
me.
I
knew I could not loose my composure and cry because that would not help
Sarah. Still, my soul was screaming, "Help Me, Jesus!" I say the name of
Jesus over and over as my thoughts are telling me what to do next to help Sarah.
I am speaking the words, “Help me, Jesus!” while He is giving me complete
instructions as to what I should do. I
had to stay calm so I could hear the directions otherwise who would help Sarah?
After
everything was over and we were back home I asked God, "Why weren’t you there when Sarah and I
fell, why couldn’t I see you?" "Where were
your angels to keep us from falling?" Then a still small voice spoke to me, "My angels were there." Yes, now I know His angels were there, we could have been hurt so
much worse with long-term consequences!!
The angels were all around and they never left us. God was in control all the time even if I
felt out of control. I believe good will come from this accident! I am confident we are in the palm of His hand!
Sarah
and I fell 3 foot off of the van lift as I was putting her into the van. The
front wheel rolled off on one corner. I
was distracted, had too much in my hands and was in a hurry to be on time.
I
tried to pull the wheelchair back up but I fell over with the wheelchair off of
the lift and slid on the ground, I only had a bruise on my ankle. Sarah’s chair
had hit the ground then fell over. Sarah’s cheek was smashed in the gravel while she was still
belted into her wheelchair. And then the nightmare started of trying to
get Sarah right side up again and in her chair!! (the above writing, The Angels Were There,
goes here!) All I could do was release her belt in the wheelchair and make her
comfortable on the ground. I could not lift her or get her to stand on her legs. Then I
bundled her up and gave her a pillow for her head while she lay on the ground. Sarah gave a happy sound at this time like
maybe we were on a campout!! Sarah's pain tolerance is very high!
Sarah
had to stay on the cold ground for an hour until her dad got there to put her in
the chair. He had his arm in a sling and
was not suppose to lift with it but he had to. He did not do any damage to it
thankfully. (He had surgery on his arm a few weeks prior.)
Sarah
and I then spent the rest of the day in the emergency room having different
tests done to make sure all was well with Sarah. She wouldn’t stand for a few days
and had a bruised face but otherwise was O.K.
Now
we park the van a different way so that the wheelchair can never roll forward
on the lift again.
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