OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD! -- THE SPOKEN WORD

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Date Posted: 07:06:16 06/01/00 Thu
Author: Brenda Swain
Subject: OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD!

Ps. 107:8: OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS, AND FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN!
This morning, I want to PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS TO ME, 9 TIMES I KNOW THAT GOD HAS SPARED MY LIFE,
TWICE I HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT OF A CAR AND IT GOING, ONCE AS A CHILD, THEN AGAIN AFTER I WAS GROWN, MY HUSBAND WENT AROUND A CURVE TOO FAST AND THE CAR DOOR CAME OPEN AND NOT ONLY I, BUT, MY BABY JUST A FEW WEEKS OLD WAS THROWN OUT WITH ME AND HE LANDED ON TOP OF ME AND WASN'T HURT AT ALL AND I ONLY HAD A FEW BRUISES FROM THAT. THEN I HAVE BEEN IN 3 AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS THAT COULD HAVE TAKEN MY LIFE, ONE IN PARTICULAR IN 1979 THAT THEY DIDN'T EXPECT MY HUSBAND AND I TO LIVE AND THE SAME BABY WHICH IS MY BABY SON, SCOTT CAME OUT WITH ONLY A FRACTURED LEG. WE WERE IN THE HOSPITAL 40 DAYS AND NIGHT AND I COULDN'T WALK FOR OVER A YEAR. BUT, GOD BROUGHT ME THROUGH THAT AND I AM SO THANKFUL. EVEN THO MY LEG IS NOT COMPLETELY WHOLE FROM THAT ACCIDENT I CAN WALK AND I DO NOT HAVE ANY PAIN AND I CAN PRAISE GOD FOR THAT! THEN I HAD ANOTHER ACCIDENT WHEN MY SECOND CHILD WAS BORN WHO WAS A SON, I WAS TRYING TO REACH THE BABY BED SHEETS. ETC, THAT I HAD STORED IN A SHELF IN OUR BATHROOM AND I COULDN'T REACH IT, SO, I GOT A SMALL CHAIR THAT BELONGED TO MY 4 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND SET IT IN THE KITHCHEN CHAIR AND I WAS ABLE TO REACH EVERYTHING THAT I NEEDED, BUT, I FORGOT I WAS ON TWO CHAIRS AND THEN, AS I STEPPED DOWN I FAIL AND THE BACK OF MY HEAD HIT THE BATHROOM SINK AND BROKE IT IN HALF, AND I ALMOST PASSED OUT BUT MY LOVE FOR MY CHILDREN KEPT ME FROM THAT AS THEIR DADDY HAS JUST WENT TO WORK AND I WAS ALONE WITH THE KIDS, AND I COULD FEEL BLOOD RUNNING DOWN MY HEAD BUT IT WASN'T ON THE OUTSIDE, AFTERWARDS I HAD HEADACHES FOR SOMETIME BUT WAS DELIVERED FROM THE HEADACHES BY THE POWER OF GOD. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A SUCICIDE SPIRIT THAT I INHERITED FROM MY MOTHER TORMENTED ME FOR YEARS AND 3 TIMES I TOOK AN OVERDOSE OF PILLS TRYING TO KILL MYSLEF (ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER BEEN BOUND BY DRUGS, ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO) BECAUSE OF THE BONDAGES OF MY FLESH I DIDN'T FEEL WORTHY TO LIVE SO I BOUGHT PILLS THAT SHOULD HAVE KILLED ME WITH AN OVERDOSE AND ONE OF THOSE TIMES WAS 19 SLEEPING PILLS, BUT, GOD DELIVERED ME AND I AM ALIVE TODAY TO PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS
GOODNESS AND WONDERFUL WORKS TO ME AND TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN!
NOW, FOR THE MOST RECENT MAY 23, 2000, I WAS ON MY WAY TO PELL CITY, AL. TO SEE MY MOTHER IN THE NURSING HOME AND TO PREACH THAT NIGHT, AT THE LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH THERE, AND I WAS STOPPED WAITING FOR A RED TRUCK THAT WAS COMING TO GET BY ME AND WHEN I PULLED OUT FOR SOME REASON MY RIGHT FENDER HIT THE VERY BACK RIGHT FENDER OF THE TRUCK, FLIPPED IT ON ITS SIDE AND IT SLIDDED FOR SEVERAL FEET THEN, FLIPPED UP IN THE AIR TURNED OVER TWICE WITH THE TOP OF THE CAB HITTING THE PAVEMENT TWICE THEN FLIPPED BACK OVER AND LANDED ON IT'S 4 WHEELS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION IN THE GRASS HEADED THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM WHERE IT WAS COMING. WHILE IT WAS FLIPPING, I SAID, "O MY GOD, I HAVE KILLED SOMEBODY," THEN, I CRIED, GOD HAVE MERCY!!! AND GOD HEARD THAT CRY. WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR THE TWO MEN THAT WERE IN THE TRUCK WERE ALIVE, ABLE TO TALK, WALK AND ONLY HAD CUTS AND BRUISES AND I WASN'T HURT EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT I WAS HURT BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE WAS HURT, BUT, AT THAT POINT I WAS ABLE TO GLORIFY GOD AND PRAISE HIM FOR THESE TWO MEN BEING ALIVE AND NOT SERIOUSLY INJURIED!
AND THE LORD PROVIDED A WAY FOR ME TO GO AND PREACH THAT NIGHT AND HIGHLY ANOINTED HIS WORD WHERE JESUS SAID, TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU AND *LEARN OF ME;* FOR I AM MEEK AND LOWLY IN HEART AND YE SHALL FIND REST UNTO YOUR SOULS!
SO YOU SEE, I HAVE A LOT TO PRAISE GOD FOR AND I KNOW ALL OF US DO! OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GOODNESS AND FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN!
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SINCERELY IN THE LOVE OF CHRIST! SIS. BRENDA SWAIN

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Re: OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD! -- Sos Kay, 16:16:27 06/07/00 Wed