You Saved My Life - Dan Life Stories 5

You Saved My Life - Dan Life Stories 5

If you are a child of God (an infinite and perfect being), who knows and loves you infinitely—and thus, have infinite worth—then…

Before one Christmas, a few years back… about dinner time
—I got a thought to take the garbage out.

And I did, but afterwards
—I saw a young man sitting on the curb.

I went over to talk a little, and he said something that shocked me
—“You saved my life.”

Okayyyy…uh… How’d I do that?
—and he told me his story.

He was hopeless… no work, wife wanting to go… daughter worries…
—and he was thinking suicide.

But he said a prayer, which he hadn’t done in a long time
—and took off walking.

He had asked for a sign… Do you know and love me?
—Is there hope? A reason to live?

Tanner walked for a long time…
—but after a while he came by our house.

And he saw the sign my wife felt to put up : “This Home Believes.”
—It hit him hard… opened his soul… and peace rushed in.

We talked for awhile… about hopeful things…
—he said he had a place to stay, and money for food.

We had a prayer together… right there on the sidewalk
—as the cars drove by… then he walked away.

I’m glad the Infinite Love… God… used us
—and that we listened enough to do something.