What God Has Done In Our lives
The following short stories are things that the Lord has done in our lives that are most unusual to say the least. I hope that these stories will inspire and encourage the reader. The first story is about the time I almost lost my entire family in a vehicle accident and how the Lord supernaturally saved them! There will be more stories to come on how the Lord moved supernaturally in our lives. Enjoy and God Bless!
Driving on God's Hand
Some of my most intimate times spent with the Lord were behind a rolling pole and roller. Painting walls came so naturally that there was absolutely no thought used in the process. This freed my mind to meditate on the things of God. Painting, at one time, was a time to reflect on my walk with the Lord. It was my time of close fellowship and prayer.
One particular day I was alone in a house just painting away. Dip and roll! Dip and roll! I began singing praise and worship songs as I dipped and rolled! Before long I had to lay the pole down for a little while because the anointing was so strong. I fell to my knees, lifted my hands to the Lord, and praised Him from the uttermost part of my being. Suddenly the Holy Spirit urged me to pray. I asked what I should pray for and He reminded me that I should always pray in the spirit when I do not know what to pray for. I began praying in my personal prayer language and the anointing grew stronger. After I had prayed for a few minutes, I began painting once again. I looked at my watch to see what the time was. It was 2:15 pm and I realized that I had been praying for thirty minutes. I had no idea if I was praying for a person or a problem. All I know is that I was totally refreshed in the Lord. A kind of excitement permeated my entire body. The rest of the day seemed to fly by. Before I knew it, it was time to clean up and head for home. I couldn’t wait to get home and share with my wife the wonderful time I had with the Lord that day! Little did I know that my wife had an experience of her own!
Arriving home about 5:30 pm, my wife met me at the door and told me that I almost lost my entire family. Needless to say, she had my undivided attention. She had left the house in our old pickup to run some errands. The pickup had a cattle rack on the back and the two older boys loved riding in the back. The two youngest boys rode in the cab. They had gone to Missouri to the store to get a few things we needed. Missouri was closer than driving to the nearest town in Arkansas, which is where we lived. On the way to Missouri, there is a mountain that the road winded around. Traveling to Missouri, the two-way road was on the side of the mountain’s walls. Traveling from Missouri, the road was next to a shear drop-off with a ravine several hundred feet down. From the pavement to the drop-off had about two feet of dirt and grass with no guardrail anywhere.
My wife told me that she and kids were singing praise songs as they made their way home. Not a care in their world. She was returning from Missouri and was in the middle of the sharpest curve around the mountain when she met a semi coming towards her half way in her lane. The driver of the semi had taken the curve to fast and was losing control of his rig. My wife had nowhere to go. She had to decide in a split second whether to hit the semi head-on or take her chances with the ravine. She spoke out loud, “Catch us Lord!” and turned the truck sharply toward the ravine. As she said Catch me Lord, and turned the wheel, she knew that she was driving directly into heaven, because there would be no way to survive. But, there were cars behind both the semi-tractor trailer and behind her also. By this sacrifice, she could at least minimize the deaths, and they would be in heaven shortly. The truck, did not do the expected dip, nor begin to roll. It drove as smooth as on glass. The child beside the window looked at his mom. Mom said, “I guess angels caught us or I am driving on God’s own hand?” As the truck made its way back onto solid road, she met the other vehicles behind the semi-tractor trailer, and the truck driver as well as the drivers behind, had awestruck expressions on their faces. My young son, grinning answered their looks with “Yep, we driving on God’s hand!”
There was no accident and not a single soul was harmed.
It was summertime and it stayed daylight quite late. I wanted to go to the near miss site and investigate! It was amazing! You could see her tire marks where she first hit her brakes and could also see where she suddenly cut the tires toward the ravine. You could also see where the passenger side of the truck left the grass and was over the ravine. The tires on the driver’s side were in the grass next to the pavement. The truck was driving on two feet of earth and four feet of air! My wife exclaimed, “ I did drive on God’s Hand!” We went back home and my wife cooked supper for all of us. That is not the entire story! The time this near accident occurred was “2:00 PM”; right when I was deep in prayer about something I knew nothing about. God Knew!!!
A Touch From The Lord
There was a point in time in my walk as a young Christian when I felt like the whole world was collapsing around me. I followed everything that my Pastor had preached and was doing my utmost to walk as close to Jesus as I knew how. I tithed the way the church had taught me and things seemed to get worse. As far as I knew, I was doing everything properly, but things kept getting worse. There was very little work, therefore, I got way behind on all my bills. The more I tithed, the worse things got. I was about to lose my land and home! The kids were in need of clothing and shoes! There was little food! My vehicles were old pieces of junk that continually broke down! I was going without food to prevent my kids from feeling true hunger!
I couldn’t understand why we were going through this tough time. The more I tried to follow in the Lord’s footsteps, the worse things got! I began to panic and worry was consuming me. I wondered what I had done wrong or if I had missed something. Everyone else in the church seemed to be prospering while I was on the verge of losing everything. WHY?
It was a bright moonlit night when my dog, Sonny, and I went for a walk so I could pray quietly to the Lord. I fell to my knees with tears in my eyes and began asking the Lord why all of these terrible things were happening to me. I fell to my face sobbing uncontrollably and begged the Lord to give me some kind of sign that He was still with me. I was at the last strand on my rope and needed His help before that last strand broke. I desperately needed to know that He was still there and that there was a reason behind the fiery trial I was going through.
Still sobbing, I heard something in the distance that sounded like a very high pitched whistle or humming. It was coming from across the field and seemed to be getting closer to me as if it were moving toward me. Sonny was staring the same direction of the sound with his ears perked up. He was sitting beside me and his tail began to wag. I strained to see what was coming and what Sonny was staring at but could see nothing. As the sound got closer, Sonny stood up and was wagging his tail extremely fast as if he knew what was coming towards us. I could still see nothing! As the sound got within about ten feet of where we were, Sonny became excited and was wagging his tail uncontrollably. I could still see nothing but the air seemed to become electrified and goose bumps appeared all over my body. The sound stopped right in front of me and Sonny was looking up and wagging his tail as if someone was standing in front of me. Suddenly, without warning, I felt a hand touch my shoulder and I collapsed to the ground. I could feel each finger on my shoulder! A peace came over me that I had never known before. The sound then went past me for a few feet and I could hear the sound fade away in the distance going straight up! I laid on the ground for quite some time just soaking up the peace I had just received. Sonny laid beside me and went to sleep. All worry, frustration, wonder, and stress were totally gone.
I received my sign that night! It is a night that I will never forget. It is the night that the Lord Jesus had compassion on me and made a special trip from His throne just to touch ME!