Another thread made me remember this Testimony, the Encouraging Verses thread, so I should share this one with you all.
The essence of what happened was that the Lord God hid me from 3 temas of Police in cars searching for me to arrest me, and I was walking! I had recently had a back operation and could not walk far, so I never did get outside of a 6 block X 6 block distance from my home. Let me explain….
My two sons were already grown and had been living on their own in 2010. They were both at that age where they know everything. But somehow they got evicted from their apartment for non-payment of rent. But they both work so what else is a dad to do? I let them move in with me and told them they can help with my bills and save up to get another pace for themselves. Fair deal. I knew I better not ask why they got evicted, I mean, where did the money go since they do work?
Anyway there we are all moved in and one Saturday I woke up to the sounds of the house falling down. My two sons were in a knock down drag out fight…and tearing up my house! I got up fast and went there in Dad mode. I broke it up and my younger son started getting lippy and disrespectful and so I did what many dad’s do, I knocked the crap out of him and he hit the floor. Then he wants to call the Police on me and cause me trouble so we argued about he better not talk to me like that, and, he did call the cops. His choice. So I went back to my bedroom to wait for them and the cops showed up pretty fast and I don’t know exactly what happened but my two sons had made friends real fast and got their story straight to blame the fight on me! And the cops believed it! They told me if they have to come back then I’m going to Jail.
Then the cops left. Now supposedly this meant that my younger son felt like he won and so he starts being twice as disrespectful as before and laing his insults with threats of Jail! Now, I am not used to taking crap off my kids, so I decked him again. This is my house and I am the dad. He didn’t even try to fight me back, he just whipped out his phone and cslled the police again and said “Your going to Jail!!!” And…they got there fast before, they’re close ! So I hit the door walking. What a day to have a broke down truck needing a starter replacement.
When my heels hit that sidewalk, I started praying. Lord save me! Don’t let me be Arrested today! I didn’t do nothing! I knew I couldn’t go far. Then all of a sudden I hear a voice inside me! It says, turn left up here…so I did. Then the voice said, turn right and go up the alley here. So I did. I knew it was the Holy Spirit and that God was helping me ! Praise the Lord. !!! Turn right up here…ok, then he says sit down here and rest…Ahh right in a sunny spot! (PTL!) After 5 minutes or so, Get up quickly and go left…now go left again, now right…and the Holy Spirit waked me all over for about 45 minutes to an hour. Sometimes when I was crodding a street, I would see police cars going by in the distance, 2 or 4 blocks away. Then after an hour and they still didn’t find me the Holy Spirit says, ok they left, it’s safe to go home now, and I praised the Lord and headed that way! Then as I got closer to home, I got worried about my younger son so I prayed, Lord let the Spirit of Peace come upon my house so there is no fighting again when I get home…Please Lord!
It was almost magical when I walked in. Both of my sons were incredibly polite to me and apologizing to me. We’re all good now and no one in Jail, Praise The Lord !!!
I think it was two days later? This stuff was fresh in my mind but everything ok too and I had a pretty good idea that that had to be the Lord! And I ran across Psalm 91…
91 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
**2 **I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
**3 **Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
**4 **He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler…./KJV
I knew it as I read it, this is what happened. I hid in the shadow of the Almighty. I hid under His feathers! It might sound bizarre but that’s exactly what happened. Praise the Lord for the truth of His Word.