They first stuck a bible in my hand when I was about 7 or 8? I got saved & Baptized when I was 13 or 14? Then I backslid hard for many years because I developed an interest in girls. So that lasted until after my marriage was over and the kids grown. I had it all. I was self employed and a beautiful family and lots of friends and all that, but it's like, the Lord got tired of waiting on me to come back to Him...?? So in short order He chopped my life down. My wife divorced me and the smart thing to do was to go to the Lord, but I wasnt smart about it. I was a man coming out of a 26 year marriage and I had all sorts of drive to start running down the wrong paths! And I guess the Lord said, enough! And about 1998 some time I had a grand mal seizure.
What brought the seizure on was....I've been epileptic since age 4 or 5? And I had grew out of it and even went off the medicine for it, but I was about 35 yrs old and...had been a recreational pot smoker for most of my life. I heard the stuff about how weed is good for glaucoma and epilepsy, so I used that as an excuse to smoke it recreationally. But about age 35 I began thinking about quitting smoking pot. It is a young man thing and I am not a young man any more. I was on no medication for epilepsy any more and had not had any seizures in over 18 years! So I didnt even think about it. And I quit smoking pot...
And on the 3rd day after I quit smoking pot, I had a grand mal seizure! Whoa. I guess that stuff is true about pot being good for epileptics. Luckily I was at home and safe when it happened. I went to the hospital and got an EEG done and they put me back on medication. And I started smoking pot again too! Cant be too careful, I drive for a living (I did). I went another 11 full years without having another seizure and I started thinking, maybe it was fluke about the pot? I really like being clear headed and wanted to stop smoking pot again! So I did quit smoking pot again.
And exactly 4 days later I had another grand mal seizure. On the highway doing 70mph in rush hour. This seizure I had was on 9/22/09 and every time in my life before, when I had a seizure, I just went unconscious and I "woke up" talking to paramedics or whatever. Not this time! I felt the seizure coming on! I felt real weird. I glanced into the rear view mirror and saw myself losing consciousness. I knew I'd be unconscious within seconds. I had just enough time to glance at the speedometer (70mph) then around the truck (rush hour, I'm center lane and cars all around me. I knew I was almost gone so spoke the words, Lord be with me...
Witness accounts say my (brand new!) work truck jerked to the right and shot thru all lanes without touching any other car (1st miracle!) then I left the road at a high rate of speed and I hit a downed log on the ground and that launched my truck into the air...and while I was in the air I hit a tree head on/passenger side. That spun the truck sideways and then it rolled 3 times. I woke up on the Life Flight helicopter talking to paramedics then went unconscious again. I was hurt bad. I broke my back in two places and had surgery early the next morning. I have all sorts of hardware in my back now!
They say the operation was a success but my pain level dont believe them, Lol! But I had four months to be on my back for recovery, and they let me do that at home. So I had lots of time to ponder, what happened out there on that road? I remember crying out to the Lord, but I busted up my back good. Hmm. That took a lot of wind out of my sails! OTOH, I broke my back in 2 spots and I'm not in a wheel chair?! I dont understand that. I've always heard that if you break your back, you get paralyzed and in a chair. But I wasnt? I have my life, I'm alive! I walk on my own, not even crutches. And I had cried out to the Lord so...this was Him? He saved my life! I. Owe. Him. My. Life. So knew that this could only be Him. He heard me and saved me. Wow.
So I got to praying again and thanking Him and reading his word with a seriousness now instead of basically for fun. (From when I was saved until then I never stopped reading the bible because, it's interesting.)
That was on 9/22/09 and since then, I have been walking with the Lord in faith and seriousness ever since then, and consequently because I have made it a practice to seek after the Lord and draw closer to Him, He has helped me many times in the last 16 years and so I have quite the large collection of Testimonies. Not part the Red Sea testimonies, but supernatural nonetheless!
I'll tell you all more of them over time.
What brought the seizure on was....I've been epileptic since age 4 or 5? And I had grew out of it and even went off the medicine for it, but I was about 35 yrs old and...had been a recreational pot smoker for most of my life. I heard the stuff about how weed is good for glaucoma and epilepsy, so I used that as an excuse to smoke it recreationally. But about age 35 I began thinking about quitting smoking pot. It is a young man thing and I am not a young man any more. I was on no medication for epilepsy any more and had not had any seizures in over 18 years! So I didnt even think about it. And I quit smoking pot...
And on the 3rd day after I quit smoking pot, I had a grand mal seizure! Whoa. I guess that stuff is true about pot being good for epileptics. Luckily I was at home and safe when it happened. I went to the hospital and got an EEG done and they put me back on medication. And I started smoking pot again too! Cant be too careful, I drive for a living (I did). I went another 11 full years without having another seizure and I started thinking, maybe it was fluke about the pot? I really like being clear headed and wanted to stop smoking pot again! So I did quit smoking pot again.
And exactly 4 days later I had another grand mal seizure. On the highway doing 70mph in rush hour. This seizure I had was on 9/22/09 and every time in my life before, when I had a seizure, I just went unconscious and I "woke up" talking to paramedics or whatever. Not this time! I felt the seizure coming on! I felt real weird. I glanced into the rear view mirror and saw myself losing consciousness. I knew I'd be unconscious within seconds. I had just enough time to glance at the speedometer (70mph) then around the truck (rush hour, I'm center lane and cars all around me. I knew I was almost gone so spoke the words, Lord be with me...
Witness accounts say my (brand new!) work truck jerked to the right and shot thru all lanes without touching any other car (1st miracle!) then I left the road at a high rate of speed and I hit a downed log on the ground and that launched my truck into the air...and while I was in the air I hit a tree head on/passenger side. That spun the truck sideways and then it rolled 3 times. I woke up on the Life Flight helicopter talking to paramedics then went unconscious again. I was hurt bad. I broke my back in two places and had surgery early the next morning. I have all sorts of hardware in my back now!
They say the operation was a success but my pain level dont believe them, Lol! But I had four months to be on my back for recovery, and they let me do that at home. So I had lots of time to ponder, what happened out there on that road? I remember crying out to the Lord, but I busted up my back good. Hmm. That took a lot of wind out of my sails! OTOH, I broke my back in 2 spots and I'm not in a wheel chair?! I dont understand that. I've always heard that if you break your back, you get paralyzed and in a chair. But I wasnt? I have my life, I'm alive! I walk on my own, not even crutches. And I had cried out to the Lord so...this was Him? He saved my life! I. Owe. Him. My. Life. So knew that this could only be Him. He heard me and saved me. Wow.
So I got to praying again and thanking Him and reading his word with a seriousness now instead of basically for fun. (From when I was saved until then I never stopped reading the bible because, it's interesting.)
That was on 9/22/09 and since then, I have been walking with the Lord in faith and seriousness ever since then, and consequently because I have made it a practice to seek after the Lord and draw closer to Him, He has helped me many times in the last 16 years and so I have quite the large collection of Testimonies. Not part the Red Sea testimonies, but supernatural nonetheless!
I'll tell you all more of them over time.