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My brother, who was in a car accident on Saturday night, has had substance abuse issues for years. He has said on numerous occasions that he is an atheist.
To me, this photo is about as close as you can get to proof that a higher power was with him on Saturday night, regardless of whether he believes...
(I don't know if I've added a photo correctly...if it doesn't show up, suffice it to say the car is in *very* bad shape. My brother walked away with a broken collarbone and a banged-up face. The car--a soft-top convertible--rolled, and slid a hundred feet on its roof.)
That looks like a horrible accident! Just my opinion, but it seems to me a miracle that your brother wasn't hurt worse, or even killed. I remember a line from a movie where one character was talking to another character who was a priest. The first character said ¨I don't believe in God.¨ The second character (priest) said ¨That doesn't matter, he believes in you.¨ Even though I have a strong belief in my HP that line has always stuck with me. I'm so glad your brother wasn't hurt worse than he was, I hope he will recover from his injuries.
Yes. It is really weird when things like this happen. Then I think about the person who dies and I think why them and why not him and why and why and why? I ask too many questions sometimes. Why do some die when they overdose but my husband lived? Why do some get in wrecks like this and die and your brother lived? What I have discovered is I don't have the answers because I AM NOT GOD! It took me a while to realize I wanted to know more than I was humanly capable of understanding. Now I think about it like this.. maybe death is not so bad, first of all.. whos to say???.... and the other thing is, when its your time, man, it just is your time... we are powerless over how much time we get on this Earth. For whatever reason, your brother is meant to stay here for now. Maybe he will see this miracle for what it was or maybe it was more for you to think about. who knows? Either way, I am glad he's okay.
My husband fell out of a tree, 20 ft up, onto concrete blocks, onto his chest. He fractured a vertebrae. They called a trauma alert and had me waiting in that little room where they put people when they have to break some heart wrenching news. He lived. Its truly mind boggling sometimes when I sit and think about it.
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Michelle!
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