{"id":596,"date":"2014-12-15T14:57:25","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=596"},"modified":"2014-12-15T14:57:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:57:39","slug":"saved-by-an-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=596","title":{"rendered":"Saved By An Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Saved By An Accident<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were walking, my girl &amp; I.<\/p>\n<p>Her sweet name is Velvet Skye.<\/p>\n<p>Prettiest thing you would ever see.<\/p>\n<p>Always wants to be with me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We walked on along the shore.<\/p>\n<p>Walked till we couldn\u2019t walk anymore.<\/p>\n<p>A steep cliff was in our path.<\/p>\n<p>So we put down our picnic mat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We prepared to eat our lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Then we heard an awful crunch.<\/p>\n<p>A car shot out over the cliff.<\/p>\n<p>It landed in the ocean mist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shocked, we ran to try and help.<\/p>\n<p>The water was cold with lots of kelp.<\/p>\n<p>I dove down &amp; pulled out a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Surfaced &amp; asked if she could swim.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She nodded yes &amp; headed to shore.<\/p>\n<p>I dove back down to check for more.<\/p>\n<p>I found her purse and that was all<\/p>\n<p>She had \u00a0reached shore &amp; started to bawl.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We gave her a blanket to wrap up in.<\/p>\n<p>She looked like she was all done in.<\/p>\n<p>Her boyfriend &amp; her had just split up.<\/p>\n<p>She was having some pain in her gut.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She was speeding because she was angry.<\/p>\n<p>.Air brakes would have came in handy.<\/p>\n<p>She came into the curve too fast.<\/p>\n<p>She knew she was going to crash.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She prayed to a God she barely knew.<\/p>\n<p>Next she knew I was there too.<\/p>\n<p>Helping her to get out of the car.<\/p>\n<p>Bringing her up &amp; to where we are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I first thought you were an angel.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how much to tell.<\/p>\n<p>But, my life is changed somehow.<\/p>\n<p>God is the only answer now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her testimony brought tears to our eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Then my girl and I both realized.<\/p>\n<p>We needed God in our life too.<\/p>\n<p>You pray for us &amp; we\u2019ll pray for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;O&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now we all are best of friends.<\/p>\n<p>As our life in Christ really begins.<\/p>\n<p>We all go to the same church.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the greatest church on earth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because Jesus is there with us.<\/p>\n<p>We thank Him for our near \u00a0brush<\/p>\n<p>with death that day at the ocean.<\/p>\n<p>It put our religious life in motion.&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-R. 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