Coltin

My cousin Coltin was in a terrible car accident on Good Friday- on the 10th of April. 3 weeks ago. He is 16- he was hit on his side. I received a call from my mom while I was home "Alisha, did you hear?" She was in FL on spring break, but I kinda thought she was calling about something stupid to be honest. "No" I say. She replies "Your cousin Coltin has been in a terrible accident. Your uncle is on his way. We don't know anything. They won't even tell him if he's dead or alive." I've never had any family under the age of 90 die in my life. I think these were the scariest words I may have ever heard. I raced to the hospital... he was alive. For days we didn't know if he was going to make it. He was unconscious, and things looked bad.

People prayed. People prayed. People prayed.

Fastforward: Today. He opens his eyes. He moves around. He TALKS. He can WALK with help. He REMEMBERS. He has little or no brain damage.

And all I can say is PRAISE GOD!!!

And why? I really truly believe it's because people prayed. And some people didn't just pray the way I do--- where I take 2 minutes to pray hard for him and do nothing else, but then the rest of the time during the day that I pray for him is inbetween things or while I'm doing something else (don't get me wrong- I think God totally listens to these prayers too)-- but some people PRAYED. They prayed for hours and hours and hours straight without stopping. THAT and God's SOVEREINTY is what healed him.

I know I have a lot of bolds, but that's because this has been an exciting process. Truly, there are people who were in the exact same situation as him that died. He didn't wake up for an entire week! They thought at some points that he may have severe brain damage for the rest of his life. But yet, he is clearly on his way right now to a full recovery. I love nothing more than seeing God fully at work. To see God's hand in something. There's no other way to explain Coltin's situation, and I truly hope everyone who sees it will see it as just that.

Even if he had died, I know God would have been sovereign. There were truly points at first when I came grips to this truth because we just didn't know. But MAN I'm so so glad that God has chosen to answer man's prayer in this way. So glad to see Coltin with breath and life still :)

That has been my life lately.