The "1" Word needed when you cry out in prayer...

​There will be times when  you cannot 
get the words out; 
a time of shear panic, when your
mind is moving
so fast.

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The first cry...

It was December 25, 2000 and we just finished eating dinner.  It was another sunny 80 degree Florida Christmas and hubby decided to walk out to the pasture and visit with the new horse that we acquired earlier that week. 
Something inside told me to stop cleaning the kitchen and go out to the pasture and join him. 
As he leaned on the fence, he said, "Think I will try her out without a saddle." 

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My instantaneous words where, "No really, I had her out today and she was VERY skiddish.  Get a saddle and let me ride her a bit, I am lighter."  But before I could say another word, he was up on her back.  She took two steps, bucked with shear wild power and he was in the air.   As he came down to almost rest on her back, she bucked again and he was in the air once again.  This time she ran, and he hit the ground hard on the bottom of his spine.  Climbing over the fence, and running 30 feet towards him, I saw he was unconscious. 

As I called his name, no answer.  I shook him, no response.   I checked for a pulse, nothing.  In disbelief I checked his neck pulse, nothing.  His lips were gray and there was no breath sounds, no chest movement.  Seconds seemed like an hour.  I screamed to the children to call 911.

As they  ran out to the pasture, I yelled to them to stop;  instructed them to drive out to the paved road to direct the ambulance.  I did not want them near.  I looked down, and no movement.  I clasped my hands and shouted, "JESUS!"   In my mind I was saying, "don't let my husband die."   But verbally out loud I was saying, "JESUS!"   I knew CPR and I froze looking down at my husband.  Then as I realized I HAD to do something NOW, I put my clasped hands onto his chest to begin compressions.  Before my hands even touched his chest, he gasped.   He began to cough and breath!  His body that was limp, his pale white face and his gray lips were now regaining color and his eyes opened.   As he tried to get up he collapsed.  Unable to move, he was strapped to the stretcher and taken to the ER.  He was released later that evening, and there was not even a bruise on his body!  Thank You Jesus. 

The second cry...

Traveling down a two-lane country road, we were enjoying the second day of a planned vacation to stay at some of the bed and breakfast homes in central Georgia. 
When suddenly the loud crashing sound and force of the impact threw me forward and I could not see clearly.   All I knew is there was silence and then another impact which I now realized was from us hitting the ground.  We had been airborne.  In a second I felt us in the air again and another forceful crash of the vehicle hitting the ground.  I remember after the second impact that I said to myself, "JESUS. JESUS let us land upright."  
We bounced three times, and then sudden stillness.  
I heard my husband say, "I can't move, I am stuck."    The crinkled front end was around his left leg.  As I opened my door and ran to the driver door, it was jammed. 

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I pulled and pulled and could not open the door.  As the EMS arrived I stepped back with my daughter and son-in-law and we sat in the open field and prayed.  It took us over 4 years to recover from our injuries and my husband still has a rod in his left leg from the accident.   But God was good.  He enabled us to survive the accident, and He was there along side of us as we struggled to regain our life. 

But once again,  the only prayer needed was "JESUS."   

There have been other times, when all I could say was His name.  "Jesus, sweet Jesus."  
Recently at a ladies meeting, a sister in Christ was telling me the story of how she almost drove off the steep mountain road.  A car crossed the line and was headed toward her.  All she could say was, "Jesus!"     Yes, the driver heading toward her veered back toward the mountain wall and she was able to stay on the road avoiding going over the side.   Thank You Jesus!  

His name is all  we need at times.   His name is so precious.  

So what is it you need?
Are you feeling hopeless in a situation?  He is your  hope.
Are you suffering with your health?  He is the Great Physician.
Are you  feeling lonely?  He is our Comfort and constant Companion.

There is nothing that enters our life that He is not aware of.  He waits for His child to cry out.
 “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). 

When I cry He hears...
when I hurt, He hurts. 
I trust all to You, 
for You will bring me through. 

When I fall on my face, 
You fill me with grace. 

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​Thank you to a dear sister in Christ, Pamela, who sent me this video.