Anorexia, Bullemia, Attempted Suicide and Redemption

Life is Hard sometimes.

 

Life is Painful.

 

I didnt' have my cell phone with me at the shop on Friday.

Trying to save all the pennies we can, we don't have a shop phone.

 

My boss shows up and tells me to go to the hospital.

 

 Immediately, my heart does a sumersault and in a flash

my brains thinks, "Where is David?"  "What's happened to my sister...."

"Where's all my family?"

 

The brain in overdrive...

 

 

Nothing is more painful than when our children hurt.

 

The ambulance, the police, the local fire department were at the middle school.

 

"A child has attempted suicide."

 

One of our teenagers-

the teenager of one of the couples in my Sunday School class.

 

My heart was torn in to.

This was the third attempt.

A CRY FOR HELP CAN NOT BE IGNORED!

This time was bad.

 

Blood pressure upon arrival- 40/20.

Seizures...

Foaming at the mouth...

Unresponsive...

 

I expected the worse,

as if the above wasn't worse enough.

 

After an hour, medication to counteract

what she had already taken,

 pushing fluids with IVs,

medication to up blood pressure

and lower the heart rate,

she began to respond.

 

A beautiful, 14 year old girl

fighting for her life,

bullied all her life by "friends",

anorexic,

bulemic,

ignored by teachers,

and one last chance to say to a friend,

"You won't have to worry about me anymore."

 

I'm writing this morning because my heart is heavy.

 

Parents were at church this morning

seeking God.

 

The daughter is in the hospital in a neighboring city

unable to see her parents.

 

A 15 year old brother, being homeschooled

for bullying and panic attacks is wondering,

"When is enough, enough?"

 

A teacher said to the child just minutes before

she took the pills,

"You are bringing this on yourself."

 

Feeling there was nowhere else to turn,

she made what she thought was one last attempt

to take her own life.

 

Thank God, she did not succeed.

 

The Beauty from Ashes-

her testimony is incredible.

 

Some may not believe this.

Some may scoff and say she's crazy.

Some may say she's psycotic and hearing voices.

Some may she again is just seeking attention

 

There was a 30 minutes gap where she recalls nothing-

a 30 minute gap when they were trying to get some response-

a 30 minutes gap when they thought they were losing her.

 

This is her story...

 

"Mama, I don't know if I dreamed this or if it really happened.

I thought I saw the devil, he was really black and there was smoke all around him.

Then I saw Jesus.  He didn't look like the Jesus I've seen in all the pictures,

but he was very BRIGHT.

I started crying, "Oh, Jesus, I'm so sorry.  I'm so sorry.  Please forgive me."

 

And she woke up.

 

Believe what you want to.

 

The devil comes to steal, kill, and destroy.

He was seeking to destory her like.

Jesus came to give her life.

 

After she awoke she prayed with the associate pastor

the sinner's prayer.

She is a new creation, with a new future.

 

To those of you with children,

pray a hedge of protection around your children.

Say the name of Jesus over your children as they sleep.

 

Remind them that every child is a child of God.

Remind them that EVERY CHILD IS precious in His sight.

 

Remind them that other children are precious

and that BULLYING is NOT ALLOWED-NOT ever!!!

 

 

I believe that God is a Redeeming God.

God is a Restorer of all that is broken.

God seeks to bring LIFE.

 

I'm believing for healing for this family.

Would you comment so that I can let them know

that all my blogging friends are praying.

 

Blessings Always,

 

Bonnie