Another cool "Blink" story
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 2:33PM Please keep on emailing us with your "Blink stories". They are VERY encouraging for us
This one came in from David Kelly of Bend, Oregon. Very cool.
Three weeks ago today, I was lying in a hospital bed in Vancouver, Canada. I arrived by helicopter after a high speed crash on my mountain bike at Whistler's resort. On our last run of the day, I rolled a small turn slightly off-line which forced me into a ditch. I flew over the bars at full speed, hitting the mountain head first. An electrical force went through my body. I tried to get up. Nothing happened. I was paralyzed from the neck down. I began to pray aloud. I heard the song "Blink" by Revive this morning that sums it up - "it happens in a blink". How quickly life goes by, how quickly my life had changed. There are many details to this story, all of which have God's fingerprints on them. This story involves me, but it's not about me. It's about how faithful and loving God is. I feel I was touched that day in front of many witnesses. I walked out of the hospital three days later with several injuries including a fractured neck. By His grace and love, I am near a full recovery just three weeks later. My hope and prayer is that people hear this and realize that life happens in a blink. Jesus is there for all of us and loves us right at this moment, and now is the time to prepare our hearts for whatever comes our way. God is so good!
Reader Comments (4)
Cool story.... very curious how David happened to hear the song.... was it on the radio? or a MP3 player? or ? It's interesting how God can place just the right song in our path when we most need "a good word'.
My children (Cody and Coleen) and I went to youth camp (area one) in Destin, FL with our youth group from Glen Friendship Tabernacle. Revive hosted the praise and worship that week for camp. This is the first time that I had payed attention to Rivive's music. The Weds. night service was awesome and with David Housman preaching that night, God had spoke to us about what we were going through with my children's grandfather (Paw Paw). We lost Paw Paw after that on July 15, 2010. The night before Paw Paw went to heaven, Cody and Coleen laid on their Paw Paw's bed beside him. Cody asked him, " Paw Paw, I want to know, are you saved?" Paw Paw said yes. Cody had been laying hands and praying for Paw Paw every night since we found out that he was sick. God never left us through this difficult time, like David Housman preached that night. When Paw Paw left this world, all I could hear playing in my head was "It happened in a Blink." When I shared this with my husband, he said that was what was playing in his mind, too. Thank you for hosting that camp. Never stop leading the kids into worshipping Our God. I loved the way you get the kids to take their eyes off of you and to put their eyes on Jesus. I am now a big fan of Revive.
My children (Cody and Coleen) and I went to youth camp (area one) in Destin, FL with our youth group from Glen Friendship Tabernacle. Revive hosted the praise and worship that week for camp. This is the first time that I had payed attention to Rivive's music. The Weds. night service was awesome and with David Housman preaching that night, God had spoke to us about what we were going through with my children's grandfather (Paw Paw). We lost Paw Paw after that on July 15, 2010. The night before Paw Paw went to heaven, Cody and Coleen laid on their Paw Paw's bed beside him. Cody asked him, " Paw Paw, I want to know, are you saved?" Paw Paw said yes. Cody had been laying hands and praying for Paw Paw every night since we found out that he was sick. God never left us through this difficult time, like David Housman preached that night. When Paw Paw left this world, all I could hear playing in my head was "It happened in a Blink." When I shared this with my husband, he said that was what was playing in his mind, too. Thank you for hosting that camp. Never stop leading the kids into worshipping Our God. I loved the way you get the kids to take their eyes off of you and to put their eyes on Jesus. I am now a big fan of Revive.
that is SO cool, Melissa!