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A Life Can Change

Beautiful day Ocean Blue sky A little piece of paradise Beckoned by the waves Come out and play Frolic Be a child again Crash through my waves Feel my strength A perfect day You feel in control Your body so strong As you ride along Upon her waves Exhilarated Feeling free Unaware of destiny In a moment A life can change Sushine turns to rain You don't feel anything Not even pain The ocean displays her darker side Takes you on a different ride You come crashing down As her waves pound Pushed in circles Like a rag doll We feel mighty before we fall Soft waves become a wall In a moment From the corner of your eye You see Jesus's face As your heart keeps pace Will he rescue you You say a prayer So glad he is there All others unaware Holding your breath Unable to move It's time to let go What will happen you don't know Yet you are not afraid The lights go out As you're tossed about Jesus takes you in his arms Rests you on the shore Not in danger any more The ocean lets out her roar She is denied your soul It's not added to her collection You're under Gods protection When you open your eyes You are paralyzed But still alive Thankful You can breath See Pray Talk You're placed in angels hands A new adventure begins Like a child again Starting from the beginning Not in control On a journey to be whole Learning to walk Regaining what was lost Willing to pay the cost Working through the pain Seeing the sunshine not the rain You will be strong once again You are in our Savior's hands My friend Charlie went on a holiday to Hawaii with his girlfriend and on the second day while body surfing he was taken by a wave and crashed on the bottom he had no feeling below his neck and could not move any part of his body. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Jesus as he was being tossed about. He could no longer hold his breath and blanked out. Before he knew it he was waking on the beach and people were coming to help him. Miraculously after a day feeling and movement started returning to him. He is on the road of recovery and is now walking and moving about. He is truly a walking miracle.

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Date: 5/31/2013 11:58:00 AM
That was incredible. And that poem was incredible too. I felt extremely moved reading it. The descriptions and the feelings felt so real. So glad that your friend is doing better!
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/31/2013 10:17:00 PM
We are very happy for him. I can't imagine what it would me like to be paralyzed from the neck down.
Date: 5/30/2013 1:39:00 AM
What an awesome story, Rick... what makes it more amazing is the fact that it actually happened. Miracles don't happen everyday! This will be something to tell for years to come... I bet your friend has a brand new outlook on life. Best wishes on a swift recovery!
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/30/2013 6:17:00 AM
Thanks Tim, it truly is a miricale.
Date: 5/29/2013 9:54:00 PM
OH! What an experience. What an amazing miracle! What a testimony to share! What a wonderful poem, Richard. However, He doesn't always perform a miracle. You know of Joni Erickson Tada? Remained a quadriplegic after a diving accident. Became a famous mouth artist who signs every painting with PTL...Praise the Lord. She has a group for the disabled...Joni and Friends. Whatever and however He chooses to work, He knows what He is doing! :)
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/30/2013 6:19:00 AM
He uses our weakness in ways that we can only imagine.
Date: 5/29/2013 8:03:00 PM
Praise God for your friends miracle Richard...
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/30/2013 6:20:00 AM
I certainly do! Thanks for commenting.
Date: 5/29/2013 4:06:00 PM
an amazizing and miraculous story......glad it turned to be a happy ending.....best wishes
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/29/2013 4:42:00 PM
Me too!
Date: 5/29/2013 3:44:00 PM
I have to agree with Drake about the relief felt at the end. You made it so real I had shivers up my spine. Good write, Richard. My very best to your friend. Licia :-)
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/29/2013 4:45:00 PM
Thanks Licia, I had no idea my friend had gone through all this till yesterday. He had gone away for spring break and this was the second day of their trip. 9 days in the hospital there until he was moved back to Canada.
Date: 5/29/2013 2:25:00 PM
I am very, very relieved for this ending. This was a very gripping tale. May the sun continue to shine upon him and his recovery.
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/29/2013 2:27:00 PM
Thanks Drake. He just left my place and it is amazing how far he has come in just a few months.
Date: 5/29/2013 12:30:00 PM
completley consumed by the words and went on a journey through reading this.Peaceful moment that I needed.take care
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/29/2013 1:31:00 PM
Thanks Colleen, we can all use those peaceful moments
Date: 5/29/2013 9:43:00 AM
A gripping piece with a powerful element of surprise as gleaned from your author's notesyes, we do not know what could happen next, yet light always shines.. lovely work as always, richard... :) huggs
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 5/29/2013 1:33:00 PM
Thanks Nette you are kind. I appreciate your kind words.

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