In the twinkling of
an eye, your life can change.
Mine did.
One moment I was riding my bicycle on a sunny street in Los Angeles; the next moment I was lying on the ground screaming in pain, curled up in a fetal position.
As I was thrown from my bicycle, I watched the bone in my left ankle literally crawl to the other side of my foot. It was like the ‘chestburster’ scene in Alien.
I knew something major had happened to my foot, but I had no idea how severe it really was and how it was going to change my life forever.
The first thing out of my mouth was, “Oh God, what have I done?”
You see, I am a Christian. I have spent half my life wrestling with the Scriptures and searching for divine wisdom. What that simply translates to is:
I was not happy with the person I was and I wanted to change the things I did not like about myself. I actually believed if I could change myself, I could change the world. Even then, over 30 years ago, I knew the world needed changing.
Perhaps the time has come.
As I waited for the ambulance to arrive, my brain was already racing, combing through my life to identify any area where I was doing something wrong – something that might move God’s hand to teach me a lesson I would never forget.
As people ran out of their houses to see if I was alive or dead, no one knew what was running through my mind. No one knew that this was a child of God lying on the sidewalk – a child that has tasted the heavenly gift.
I know no other way to say it, so let me say it as honestly as I can.
I possess something within my mind that cannot be seen – an understanding of an ancient book that has infused my life with strength, meaning, clarity and true peace.
As a young woman, I hungered and thirsted for truth. No meal could satisfy the hole in my gut. No drink could quench my thirst.
I felt empty and alone. My spirit was sick and I did not know it.
I searched for a teacher – someone that could help me understand what was going on inside of my head, someone that could help me make sense out of this world, and someone that could show me the way to wholeness.
I did not know then that the word ‘holy’ is actually ‘wholly’ – if a person is holy, that person is whole. It means a person is operating at 100% God-given capacity in their body, soul, mind and spirit.
Most human beings are operating far below God’s ‘norm’ – which is why the Messiah told us that only sick people need a physician – those that are ‘whole’ don’t need help.
This is the reason Christians should not bang others over the head with the Bible. Perhaps they are not sick.
If you need help in any area of your life, perhaps my lesson can be YOUR lesson. Know this, if you consider yourself a child of God, expect God to correct you when you are out of the way. Expect trouble in your life. Expect to lose. Expect to confront all areas of your life where you are lying to yourself.
Perhaps you can learn from my fall and avoid the terrible judgment that is coming to America and to the whole world.
Some people would have you believe that we are headed into a time a peace – the “Imagine” lyrics of John Lennon. I wish it were so.
The prophecies have all been spoken and there is only one thing we can do: change our ungodliness before it is too late.
This is my hope and my prayer for America.
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