PHILIPPIANS 4:11-13

Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | Uncategorized

Stuff Dana Loesch is thankful for:

I’m especially thankful that my not-little-anymore cousin, B, had her life spared a couple months ago. On her way home in the wee hours of the morning she had a wreck and laid by the side of a lonely country road for four hours, her neck broken in four places plus severe spinal damage, until a conservation worker found her on his way to work. 

Her life has not been easy, some of that is by her own choosing, and the people who were supposed to be her safety net failed her early on. She’s one of the first people I saw grow from a baby - and I’d visit my grandparents’ house and sit on the sofa in my Easter dress to hold her - until now, in her early 20s. Now she’s lying in a hospital bed. Her birthday was a few weeks ago. She spent it staring at the ceiling. 

Doctors weren’t sure that she’d live, much less breathe on her own again yet here she is. She’s paraplegic now, but she’s eating a bit of food and has some use of one of her arms. Considering that she almost lost her second chance, I consider this wonderful progress, wonderful news. 

A lot of people ask me why I believe in God. Why I sought Him out when I was a kid growing up in an quasi-apathetic household. I had one father truly forsake me and the search for that brought me home. My only exposure to Christ came from my maternal grandma who’d take us to her fire and brimstone church in the south. I’ve been given chances that I should not have had and at times I’ve seen the tangles of my life flipped - and that’s when I caught a glimpse of the beautiful tapestry those knots were creating.
 
I am watching Him right now at work in my cousin. The doctors are baffled as to why she did not die on that dark country road deep in the Ozark wood. She wasn’t wearing a seatbelt and was thrown far from the vehicle. She laid, unconscious, bleeding and mangled on the side of the road for four hours; her lungs stiffened because she was without care for so long. I think she’s here only by the grace of God. He saved her. Again.

6 Comments to PHILIPPIANS 4:11-13

Allen Lewis
November 26, 2009

Miracles abound in every day life, for those with the eyes to see them. Sometimes it takes something like this to knock the blinders from people’s eyes.

May the Great Healer send his Holy Spirit to be with this woman as she continues to grow and heal. May he shower his grace on her.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

FW Ken
November 26, 2009

If you’ve never seen The Hiding Place, it’s an excellent exposition on suffering and God’s love. It’s available through Netflicks, Blockbuster, and I think, Amazon.

Steve
November 26, 2009

Dear Dana,

I was saddened to read about your cousin. I will pray for her and for you.

Steve

Antonio
November 26, 2009

Thanks, thanks a lot for posting this.

Anonymous Anglican
November 27, 2009

God bless Dana and her cousin and family. May He give them His strength, comfort and provision in the days ahead. And may they all allow Him to beam His love through them to others as they go forward each day.

Improvements, even slowly gained, are blesings that fill the face with smiles.

Continuing Home
November 28, 2009

“I think she’s here only by the grace of God. He saved her. Again.”

A lot of us are here, in whatever condition, only by the grace of God. My prayers for cousin B.

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