Blindsided
In October of 2018, I had the privilege to attend the She Is Free Women’s Conference hosted by Liberty Church in NYC; my best friend won the tickets in a contest through the We. Are. FULL collective. I was walking into this conference blind, I knew nothing about this conference, the speakers, nor the church that was hosting it. I went in with the expectation that it would be fun and I might cry a little, but that I would come out the same way I went in - boy, was I WRONG. Over the course of three days I experienced a spiritual demolition and for the first time in my life, truly gave my heart to God. I’ve been a “Christian” for 5 years now, I was re-baptized in 2013 and attended church every weekend and wore the “Good Christian” label very proudly. What this conference showed me was that I never dug deeper into my relationship with God. I’ve always lived with the mentality that I am less than, and I’ve tried to make up for that feeling by always going above and beyond to show people I care as a way to “earn” their love. On Friday evening, I heard Marie Durso speak (everyone should hear her testimony) and I literally felt my walls break down. There was a tangible shift in my spirit when I walked out of the conference on Sunday morning.
When I got home that night, my father, sister and I made plans to go out to dinner. I went to my father’s house to pick him up and started to make my way to the restaurant. I made it to the end of the road, made a full stop, and looked to the left to see if there was any oncoming traffic. I heard my dad yell, turned to look at him and in slow motion I saw headlights and felt a huge jolt; I had been hit head on by someone who cut a turn short and I never saw it coming, I was stunned. My father, a usually laid back and relaxed man, jumped into action and got out of the car, told me to call the cops and went to see what happened. A cop happened to be driving by and stopped to take an accident report but I still sat stunned in the car. The young girl driving the other car had been texting and turning, totally distracted, and didn’t realize my car was there until it was too late. When I finally made it out of the car I saw that the car who hit me was totaled: the airbag had deployed, the bumper had fallen off, and the whole left side of the car was smashed in. My car on the other hand had minimal damage, a cracked bumper, and a dent in the center of the hood. In relation to what the other car looked like, there should have been much more damage. If the circumstances had been slightly different, like if I had started to turn, I probably wouldn’t be alive right now because the driver side of my car would have been crushed.
When I woke up the next day and truly thought about the accident, a few things became clear to me:
The devil really does come out to play when you truly give your heart to God.
While in the car, completely unprepared for what was going to happen, it was my Father that jumped into action to help and protect me. We have to trust that our heavenly Father will be there to protect and catch us when bad things happen in life.
God can turn anything the enemy puts in your path into a blessing.
Life will throw things at you that will leave you bruised and tired, but if you remain steadfast in your faith, than there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Share in the comments an experience you’ve had that opened that gave you clarity around life circumstances