and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken,
smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon him;
and with his stripes we are healed.
Good Day
Recently, my father was knocked unconscious in a work related accident at his home in rural New Mexico. He suffered severe trauma to his right temple, ocular bone and a broken rib. He is very fortunate to have survived and thanks to Y'shua he is in full recovery and making great progress.
I was just getting my work day started around 10:00 am on Wednesday August 26th when I received a call from my step-mom. I immediately knew something was wrong because my step-mom almost never calls me. I was in shock when she told me my dad was laying on the ground with a major head injury, she was waiting on an ambulance and told me the hospital where they were planning on taking him.
My wife and I immediately prayed for my fathers condition to improve and for the healing power of the blood of Jesus to flow into him, I called my mother and she referenced Ezekial 16:6 "Blood Live". I notified a few key family members of the situation and headed towards the hospital. We arrived to find my dad somewhat conscious with major contusions on his head and eye. I began to pray fervently over my father, he was concerned about his condition but the medication used to control the bleeding in his brain caused amnesia so he wasn't aware of what had happened to him.
By his 2nd CT scan the 2 hemorrhages in his brain had subsided, the ER doctors were very much amazed at his fast improvement to his condition considering the severity of his injuries and moved him to from the ER to a hospital bed. A very nice and helpful ER nurse provided an internal assessment of my fathers condition which described an 8cm aneurism. He was given anti-seizure meds and we waited with him and continued in solemn faith for his healing.
My sister has shown an amazing amount of ability to care for my father during this trial and her faith has been refreshed by her witnessing the healing power of the heavenly Father God at work in our earthly father. She had been a practicing nurses assistant several years ago and all of those skills immediately returned when everyone, especially my father, really needed her. The incompetence of the non-ER nursing staff was fairly evident thank God for my sister being there to shore up my fathers healthcare.
Late that night a 3rd CT scan confirmed the improvement in my father's condition. His first night of recovery was very trying and difficult, keeping him from vomiting was extremely important to keep pressure off of his head and neck which could potentially cause the blood clot in his brain to re-open. While the nurses were cleaning his bedding and moving him around he did vomit the blood he had swallowed and it was a very difficult situation to witness, but we remained faithful and spoke healing to my father. My sister and I spent the night at a local hotel while my step-mom stayed with my dad in the hospital, his condition continued to improve.
By the next day he was resting and dealing with the pain of his body being utterly broken the day before. The doctors reports were good and we were all very much amazed at his pace of recovery, which is very unusual for head trauma. He was regaining his memory, he had tactile control of his fingers and toes, he was exhausted, we encouraged him to rest and played Christian gospel hymns at low volume by his bedside. My sister spent the night with him and provided him with the special attention a person in his condition desperately needs.
By the next day his condition had improved significantly enough to allow for him to start eating and drinking orally, they removed the catheter and his IV's. He began to stand up and walk to bathroom along with being able to sit up for short periods in a chair. My father had been miraculously healed of a severe head trauma and myself along with everyone in that hospital was a witness to the power of our G-d. The following day he did a full lap around the wing of the hospital under the supervision of his doctor and he was released from the hospital. I drove him home, helped to get him a few things setup to ease his recovery at home and continued to believe for his full recovery.
Each day his condition improves, today he is now fully recovered besides the pain from the broken rib. He has regained his mental facilities and remembers the beam he was attempting to pull from the rafters of his workshop before he suffered the blow to the temple. No one besides G-d knows exactly what happened, the most plausible explanation is the beam slipped from his grip and hit him on the head causing him to fall anywhere from 5-10' off of the ladder to the dirt floor where a separate head trauma and broken rib occurred. Regardless of the details of the accident my father was miraculously healed of major head trauma by the true King of Kings and Lord of Lords, my God Jesus Christ, Yahwey, Ruach Hakodesh.
Amen
The days have been shorter than usual this summer, at least in my opinion, time is speeding up according to my perception. This concept has pressed in on my conscious and has led me to question where I am and what I am doing and where I am going. These questions are usually answered when we eventually find our spouse along with a particular trade or craft that sets the course for our future.
The answers to these philosophical questions usually don't come easily or all at once and require our own personal thoughts and intentions to be taken into consideration before any answers are offered. Historically trial and error is a reasonable method of deduction and besides being instructed to wait on God, we humans tend to be impatient and jump the gun quite regularly in regard to what I refer to as "our Calling". I have been struggling internally to define and determine my own calling for much of my adult life and from where I am today, I do not physically see any great advances on the horizon.
In the past, financial stress easily overwhelmed me and caused a fight or flight scenario, a history of low credit scores, a foreclosed mortgage, a bankruptcy, unfinished projects and failed attempts at entrepreneurship. I have made several attempts at attaining a higher education however each time, lack of finances have caused an early end to my studies.
I found some success in restaurant and hotel management early in my career and used those skills to further my knowledge and experience base for landing entry level corporate management positions. I worked my way up the ladder until I needed to expand my education beyond my current field. I outgrew my position but lacked the fundamentals needed to continue to move up.
I thank God for his provision in my life and I know without him, all the the money in the world is useless. However I still wonder, why is it that I have not found my life's passion in a career. I love work and I love to work towards goals that present improvements to others and myself.
I am looking for direction and believing in the Word. Proverbs 3:5-6 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)