As I sit here at the computer my heart is so full, I have tears in my eyes, and I can't express everything that is going on in my head and my heart. I am certainly giving thanks for my life on this earth being preserved, but I am even more blown away with the fact that I know, without a shadow of a doubt, that God heard my prayers and He answered them in a very big way.
As I have reflected back on this experience I realize that it is probably the closest I have ever been to God. Never has He seemed so real to me as He did in those terrifying moments. I am also giving thanks for the healing that He brought about in my life in the past year. I have not had to live my life with a shadow of fear hanging over me.
Each time I think about what happened, or tell someone the story, God's mercy and blessing to me seem to get bigger and bigger. And at the same time my faith grows with each telling of the story. Kind of like those fish stories where the fish that was caught gets bigger each time its told. Only in this case I really am seeing more of God and the bigness and vastness of His love for me.
