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By sharon thompson
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That one split second when the next decision you make will change a
life seems like an eternity. Knowing that it depends on what you do next.
Will you fail, will you make the right choice? This is the second we all
dread when it arrives.
We live as though we have all the time in the world to enjoy life.
Never entertaining the thought that one day it will be our turn. Our turn
to step in and decide someone's fate. What a big load to carry on one's
shoulders.
It is like time stands still at that second. That one second, the one
that matters the most. The one second when you look into their eyes and
see the reflection of what is to come. Is this to be the test that God has
prepared to see if we fail or stand. What to do? If only I could have
skipped that one split second or turned back time.
It never pays to say "it could never happen to me". Just as sure
as you get it out of your mouth , then it happens to you. The world seems
to cave in around you, as the sky is falling, with no where to hide.
Why this day, why this minute, or this second? Only God knows why
he chose that point in time. The strength we need to face the hardest
decisions only comes from God. We never know when that time will be.
Today was that day. It should have been the easiest thing to do.
The answer would have been obivious to anyone else, that was on the outside
looking in. But you see, I lived on the inside, looking out. The
view of my situation was different from the inside. The people on the outside
only saw what I wanted them to see. They watched my life through
a glass darkly.
The secrets of pain and sorrow were covered from their view. The
world knew nothing of the hardships I bore. But the day had arrived when
all that I lived in would bare on the decision at hand. The man I had
took to be my husband,to share my life, had stripped the joy from our
home. He became the very tool of satan, spinning a webb of hurt and
misery, lashing out with words that cut to the core.
Then one day, calmly he tells me to go to the store. Seemed odd
to feel a little peace for a moment, but I went. It was the coming back
part that was almost overwhelming.
As I drove, I studied over in my mind again and again a way to
end my suffering. I asked God to help me find a solution. I reached home
to find no one in the house. Where had he gone now. I always walked on
egg shells not knowing what to expect. I went out in the back yard to
look for him.
You know that split second I talked about when you have to make that
decision that will make or break someone? Well I walked right into that
second. There before me in the big tree in my back yard he hung. He had
hung himself, for one split second when I looked into his eyes, I saw
two futures. One where I walked quietly back into the house and pretended
I never saw, or one where I stood on the values God had instilled in me.
I only hesitated for that split second, I knew what I had to do. Like
a lifeguard would do when a life is slipping away. Jump right in and
save them. The decision I make this instant will change a lot of lives
this day. At all cost I had to guard this life from the danger of ending
up in hell. Give him another chance.
I cut the rope and gently laid him down. He looked up at me with a
new breath, a new life to live. He whispered thankyou for making the right
decision. Where would I be if you didn't life guard me from death?
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