Please, Don't turn this thread into a religious platform, If you don't agree with what I'm about to tell you, I respect your opinion. It's just how I feel. Here's my story Friday Afternoon my mom tells me she's heading to the post office on her bike, I'd been laying around the house all day, waiting for my friends to call so I could go chill with them. around 4 in the afternoon, I get a call, its my mom and she's calling from a cell phone in the middle of the busiest street in town. Turns out a bus didn't see her and slammed on its brakes just as she was crossing the road, clipping her back tire and knocking her to the ground. If the Bus hadn't heard her screaming, she could be dead right now, Had she hesitated 1 second before crossing, she would be dead right now. My mother is the most important person in my life. Everything in my life seems irrelevant now. My love life, my friends, everything. turned out my mom only suffered a few minor injuries, nothing external or internal. It makes me stop and think, I could be in a hospital right now wondering what to do with my life after seeing my mom die. This is a pretty powerful thought guys. What would you do if the person closest to you just wasn't there anymore? Its enough to easily make a grown man ball like a little baby. Its like me watching the Tuck Rule 1000 times a day, made me realize that things in life just can't be left for chance. after this, I turned to God, and when I did, I just saw my life and everything in it so much clearer. I promised myself I would change my life. Its not easy man, I've already messed up so many times. I keep trying to be something I'm not in front of my friends. I just found faith in a bad situation, If you guys are out there right now and your faith is weak, believe me, this can happen to you. I'm sure most of you guys have seen the way I act on this board, and in chat. I'm 18 years old, I have no job, no car, no girlfriend, I spend 6 hours a day talking to you people on this website. Please, If some of you out there are thinking you can't have a second chance in your faith, believe me you can. This is my sales pitch, give it another chance, God don't give up on you, no matter what You've done. Don't try and ask me to give you reasons that God exists, I only believe because I choose to have faith in the unseen. This is the most sincere I've ever been about anything in my life. Anyways, thanks for your time, sorry for being so serious around here. God Bless You, and The Oakland Raiders
Agreed. I've been so lucky in my life that nothing serious like that has ever happened to my close family. However, in a weird way, I know how it feels. In the summer of 1999, my entire family, sans Mom, was getting together for a couple of days on Lake Tyler. My girlfriend (at the time) and I arrive in Tyler, and my sister drove us out to the lakehouse. While we were driving out there, my sister told us that Mom really wanted us to be sure to have a good time and be sure that there weren't any sibling spats to upset Dad...we really needed this to be a good trip for Dad. Well, the first thing that popped into my head was that my Dad was dying. Scared the hell out of me. Luckily, it wasn't that, something else...however, it shook me nonetheless. I couldn't imagine life without my Dad or Mom. So, while that's nothing compared to what you went through, I sorta understand what you're feeling. Glad she's OK.
Moe I am so glad she is alright. God was with her that day I am sure. A few years back, I lost a close family member I love greatly and I am so glad you didnt have to go through that. it utterly destroyed me for years and caused me to question my faith. Only after a long time did I realize I needed to come out of depression or lose even more than I already had. Things like this really make you stop and look at things differently. From what you have written I can tell you love your mom very much. You are both lucky to have each other.
moe -- so sorry you and your mom were put through that ordeal...so glad that God had a way of making lemonade from lemons though in your life through that ordeal. God bless you!
I'm glad she's ok. thank you for sharing, if you don't mind i'd like to copy your story and share it with some of my friends... you and your mom are truly blessed
moestavern, I'm very glad your mom is okay. I'm close with both my parents and losing them would be very traumatic for me. However, (and I apologize if I am taking this thread in the wrong direction) I am always wary of faith proclamations that follow good luck. When we (or a close one) narrowly avoids tragedy, it's very human to feel like God was on our side that day. However, by allowing ourselves to believe this, we are inadvertantly suggesting that those who haven't bee so "lucky" were not under God's protection. And I think that's unfair to those people - are we really any more deserving of God than they? I don't think so. Although I can tell you don't have any illusions of superiority, there are people whose good fortune leads them to arrogantly believe they're somehow 'special.' But my understanding of Christianity is that we're all special and we'll all be blessed. Faith isn't about saying "thank God" after the fact - it's about saying "God's got it under control" even when the whole world is falling to pieces. I'm not really capable of this mentality myself (in fact, I'm not even sure there is a God), but I think it's what we all should strive for in our faith. Incidentally, I think your post gives a much better "sales pitch" for faith than your mother's recent accident. Although you don't say it specifically, it sounds like your faith is helping you become a better, more genuine person. Even if you have the occasional "relapse" (but then, who doesn't?), you're trying and I admire that.
I felt like the event was a catalyst for moestavern but not exactly the source of his new outlook. All significant changes like this probably need a catalyst. Cool story, I thought. Hard to believe I let myself read the thread, given the title.
moe, It is amazing how one little thing can really shake our faith to its very foundation or even make us discover that we have little faith to begin with. I know it is going to sound corny, but keep trusting in the Lord and you can't go wrong, IMO. I'm glad to hear that you and your mother are okay. The very thought of my mother dying whether now or 30 years from now absolutely frightens me and will devestate me. I love her more than anyone else in the world.
Inspiring story, moe. I myself have never lost anyone close to me when I was of any age to really understand it. Sometimes I wish I was stronger in my faith, but it can be so hard to walk the narrow path. I really hope it doesn't take an incident like yours to motivate me to change...but your story does help. Thanks for sharing that. PS. Don't stop watching the Simpsons.
It's truly great your mother is alive. That's like having had a second life almost. My question is unrelated to previous posts, but what happened with the driver? Was she/he an older person? Did she/he get like suspension of his/her license? I know buses can be quite dangerous. When I was in London over New Year's, my bro and I had gotten off a bus (those double-decker kind), but my mom was still on as the bus was pulling away. She had to literally jump off while the bus was moving to get off. THose guys don't stop for anyone. It was crazy. It just sped off. Luckily, she was fine and she sticked the landing, but man, those drivers are nuts.
What sucks is that since she was riding her bike instead of walking it across the road, the cop said she was on the wrong side so we might not get anything to cover the medical costs.
