Wrecks Create Miracles

A rescue worker shared this story with me awhile back:

"Today, I walked my daughter down the aisle. Ten years ago I pulled a 14 year old boy out of his mom’s fire-engulfed SUV after a serious accident. Doctors initially said he would never walk again. My daughter came with me several times to visit him at the hospital. Then she started going on her own. Today, seeing him defy the odds and smile widely, standing on his own two feet at the altar as he placed a ring on my daughter’s finger."

A true story with miracle results.

The biggest prison we will likely ever live in is our fear of what other people think.  We cannot let other people tell us who we are, what we want, or that our dream is an impossible.  We have to decide that for ourselves.  When the doctors told the injured young man he would never walk again, he didn't listen. He believed that he could and he did. The young lady that God put in his life also believed and encouraged him all the way. Miracles happen when we refuse to listen to the noise in our head and trust God with our heart.

Let me make this very person to you now:
When you’re making big decisions, remember, what you think of yourself and your life is more important than what people think of you.  Don’t let others make you feel guilty for living your life. Some people get upset because they wish they could do it all over again because of the failures they've endured along the way.

The key here is to remember that it’s OK to listen to others sometimes, but not at the full expense of your own intuition or faith.  Throughout your lifetime there will be many times when the world gets real quiet and the only thing left is the beat of your own heart.  So you’d better learn the sound of it, otherwise you’ll never understand what it’s telling you. That's where you learn to hear the voice of God over the voices of men.

The bottom line is that when you spend too much time concentrating on everyone else’s perception of you, or who everyone else wants you to be, you eventually forget who you truly are.  So don’t fear the judgments of others; you know in your heart who you are and what’s true to you.  You don’t have to be someone else to impress people.  Let these people be impressed by who you really are-a child of the most high God.

Honestly, what does life matter if you lose yourself along the way?  Even your mentors should teach you how to think, not what to think.  So if someone is belittling the truth, you know about yourself and your relationship with God,  it might be time to turn the other way. There will be some wrecks along the way, and it may seem you will never walk again, but look up, for your God is still in control. You are a miracle in the making, so just trust God and be yourself. You're the one He's looking for.