Oh yeah, this is easy.
On October 17th I slammed into the rear of a stopped vehicle at 50mph. Slammed! Not grazed, not flew over, slammed. Traffic in the #1 lane (only) stopped on the freeway for an unknown reason. There was very light traffic beforehand, beautiful clear weekday afternoon on I-15 toward Las Vegas, absolutely no reason to expect a stop. I was looking out at the horizon, we were on a downhill grade & I just flat didn't see (or expect) the traffic stop. BAM! I had about 2 seconds from sight to impact.
The bike & I separated at impact. Don't ask me how, I was conscious the whole time but still don't know how the separation occurred. I hit the left rear of the car, stopped cold, and fell to the ground. I watched the bike go sliding between the car & left shoulder, sparking as it slid away. I was wearing a helmet, sleeveless shirt, jeans, light gloves, and riding boots. Had I stayed with the bike, I would have most likely lost a ton of flesh & probably bled out right there.
As I laid on the freeway, watching cars in the #2 lane go speeding by, I thought the next thing would be another car colliding into me from the rear. Didn't happen. Other cars stopped, complete strangers crowded around me. I remember looking up at a halo of concerned faces, comforting me, some of them laying hands on me and praying. God was with me.
CHP stopped traffic so an ambulance could come up the wrong side of the freeway from Las Vegas. About a 1 1/2 hours later I was at University Medical Center Trauma ICU, where I spent the next 5 days. My liver was seriously damaged, partially collapsed lung, multiple rib fractures, and a pulverized right knee cap.
My entire family was out of town and/or unavailable. The night before, my wife left for a 3 week trip to Italy. I phoned her and encouraged her to complete the trip, which she did. The group of women she was traveling with lit candles & prayed for me at the Vatican. My son posted about my condition on facebook. A young lady friend of his whom I also know, attending a Christian college in Kansas, saw his post on facebook & made a banner to hang in her dorm so the other Christian women could pray for me. Our Church added me to their prayer chain. The Harley ministry I am a member of, BlackSheep Harley-Davidsons for Christ, began praying for me all across the country. A stranger I met at a gas station just before the accident had an overwhelming feeling to pray for me & asked his friends and family to pray for me. The gentleman whom I just met, at the gas station, I spoke to about BlackSheep Harley-Davidsons for Christ. He was encouraged by our conversation & later noted the wrecked Harley on the side of the road. When he saw it, he was overwhelmed with a need to pray for me. So moved that he told the story to friends he was meeting at Lake Mead. I know all this because he contacted me through our website to tell me about it.
My injuries were miraculously light. My recovery has been miraculously fast. The support and prayers from fellow believers has been humbling and unbelievably fantastic. I have been so moved by the experience, and seeing how God takes charge when we are completely down, that I have come away from it all a changed man. Given the choice for a do-over, I would choose to do go down this same path. The big picture result has been life changing.
AND... now I get to shop for a CVO Road Glide (totaled bike was an '05 Road Glide). Had this not happened, I would not be getting to know all of you!
This is my miracle.
Oh, by the way, my username PR3VS56 = Proverbs 3, vs. 5-6. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
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