Watching Over Us

One part of my life that has a lot of stories is the fact that I have epilepsy. I have two kinds of seizures. One kind that I have is called grand-mals (some people call them tonic-clonic seizures these days). That’s the kind of seizure that everyone thinks of when they think of someone having a seizure due to how dramatic it is(convulsing). We’ve got them as far under control as we can get them, but my seizures can’t be fully controlled.

One thing about having grand-mal seizures is that, if I have them while standing up, I’ll fall to the ground when I pass out. That involves hitting my head over and over again on hard surfaces.

One thing I didn’t realize until I started working at a grocery store was how much God has been protecting me through all of that. Since the floor at that store was basically plastic on top of cement, everyone who hit their heads there needed to go to the hospital because of how badly their heads were bleeding. Some people even cracked their heads on that floor. Even though I kept having seizures on that floor every month for over 6 years, I was never even bruised by it. There was even I time that I fell onto the floor by falling off the top of the stairs, yet I was completely unharmed. It eventually made me realize, how could I be as unharmed as I was if God wasn’t preventing things from getting worse?

Try not to misunderstand what my point is. I’m not saying that God wants people to get hurt sometimes or that God favors some people over others. God loves everyone more than we can imagine and has no intention or desire for people to get hurt. If it helps at all, consider the fact that I’ve broken my arm before, I have come across multiple near death experiences, and many more painful experiences. I’ve just come to realize that God can reveal himself in many ways. Personally, I feel like the hard moments in life are the easiest moments to realize how God is in our lives due to us needing to depend on Him. In this case scenario, God was proving to me that he has the power to protect us even in times when it seems like there could be no other outcome.

Everyone has moments in life when things couldn’t seem to be worse, but those are experiences that you shouldn’t despise. Good wouldn’t let it happen unless there was a reason for it. If you ever come across a moment in life though when you realize that things could’ve turned out a lot worse than they actually turned out, consider the fact that that’s because God chose for there to be a different outcome. Lots of people can have those types of experiences at the same time, and that’s because God is always able to watch over everyone at the same time and always does. Try and feel the comfort in knowing that God will always be by your side no matter what goes on in your life.