God’s protection over me as a child

I was really perplexed this morning 3-10-22 over a comment one of the ladies put on our shared bible plan. She thanked God for His continued protection and blessing throughout her life. It really took me back to a time, then multiple times of my life. It really started a continued remembrance of events in my life that led to the Lord’s protection over me as a child.

I somehow always knew I was blessed and favored by God, not just the blessings that grandma tells you about but a deep don blessing that only comes with an anointing from God. I felt this my entire life and have known it always, but I allowed the world to steal it from me for years. The enemy is good at this, I personally think the enemy sees the anointing upon us when we yet don’t see it or don’t quite recognize it. We may feel it as it is upon us just as David did but it’s not yet ours to claim until the Lord’s call is made. We just have to walk it out in our lives till He calls. I failed in this, unlike David for years, but I have since then found His calling on my life. I don’t necessarily know the ends and out but I know the direction. I follow and He leads the way. 

When I was a child it was between my 2nd and 3rd grade years of school. Me and my cousin was up to being boys. we seen the insulator on the chicken barn holding the electric line that went from pole to pole then nowhere. We didn't see any way the electric could go anywhere else. We were on top of the barn unscrewing the insulator taking turns. While It was my turn my cousin went to get more tools to help our task. As he was coming back I was getting close to having it off. It sparked as my cousin was walking back over and it was dragging him across the roof. It shocked me and pulled me off the 10-12 foot roof on my head sticking a nail in my head. After I fell I ran to my mother for comfort. I had to get a stitch in my head for the hole. 

Now during my third grade year of school I had another accident. My dad was out burning some of the weeds around the out buildings at the place we lived. My brother and myself was helping out watching it and even adding some piles of hay here and there to make it get going. While I can only now assume dad was trying to keep it slow burning to keep from getting away from him. My dad hollered at me to get him buckets of water to help put the fire out. As I was running back with a second, third, or fourth bucket I stepped on a board with a nail in it. I ran to the house for my mother to let her know I was hurt and for her to look at it. I had to get a stitch in the toe. Dad did get the fire out. After a couple days or so my toe began to get infected. Mom took me back to the doctor, and they had to open it back up and clean it out. It wound up putting me in the hospital for a week while they scraped and cleaned on the toe and the bone. After going home I was a little better for a day or so but soon got worse again. I went to the doctor and got it scraped again. A couple of days later I had to go back to hospital again and got it scraped and clean some more. I was in the hospital again for 3 weeks. I came close to losing half my foot and had seven surgeries and several bone scrapings. This was very traumatic and tormenting for a 3rd grade child. 

During this time of recovery while at home in the middle of the two hospital visits I lay on the couch in a fog of fever and fuzziness. I layed there and wrote a poem/song to the Lord for his help and deliverance from the enemy. I can actually remember laying there and singing this out loud to the Lord. I can remember my prayers to Him as I lay on that couch with fever and pain throughout my body. I even remember sharing it with my mother. I don't quite know if I still have the song, but I would relish the opportunity of reading it again. the innocence or a child with that child like faith. I remember the feeling of knowing the Lord had me and I was his just as that children's song says. 'He's got the whole world in His hands" "Jesus loves Me" I believe this was all a remembrance that the Lord wanted me to see the protection he provided me throughout my life even as such a young child. Now I can give countless more instances of these things but these are the two the Lord has brought to my mind this day. 

I think back to the verse that speaks of bringing up a child in the Lord and they will come back to Him. This is a thought we should continue to think on throughout our lives. We need to continually remember the promises of God to us as we live our lives. 

Lord, help me to alway reflect and think on your protection. Not just the current protection, but the protection you have continually provided even as a young child. I thank you Lord and give you all my praise, I give you honor and glory. Father, I ask all this in the blessed beloved comforting protecting gracious merciful humble fantastic awesome name of Christ Jesus, Amen!