Man Who Lost Everything in Harvey Flood Still Thankful: ‘God is Good’
A man and his son were walking in the rain after their rescue from Harvey’s flood waters when a reporter splashed up beside them. What the reporter found was an inspiration. Even though the man and his son had lost everything, they are still thankful. And the man gave praise to God.
When Jeremiah and his six-year-old son, Jeremiah, Jr., arrived home the day before, it wasn’t raining. Within 45 minutes, Jeremiah said, they were in a flood. The two became stranded on the second floor of an apartment building overnight.
Jeremiah and his son were rescued by crawling out of the second-story window into a helicopter basket. “We thank God, we thank God,” he told the reporter. Jeremiah and his son had backpacks on, the only items they were able to bring. “We lost the car, all the clothes, school clothes, everything’s gone.”
“Where do you go now?” the reporter asked.
“We don’t know. We don’t know.”
“But you’re thankful?” the reporter questioned.
“Yeah, we’re thankful! God’s good. God’s good.”
https://stream.org/man-who-lost-everything-in-harvey-flood-still-thankful-god-is-good/
When Jeremiah and his six-year-old son, Jeremiah, Jr., arrived home the day before, it wasn’t raining. Within 45 minutes, Jeremiah said, they were in a flood. The two became stranded on the second floor of an apartment building overnight.
Jeremiah and his son were rescued by crawling out of the second-story window into a helicopter basket. “We thank God, we thank God,” he told the reporter. Jeremiah and his son had backpacks on, the only items they were able to bring. “We lost the car, all the clothes, school clothes, everything’s gone.”
“Where do you go now?” the reporter asked.
“We don’t know. We don’t know.”
“But you’re thankful?” the reporter questioned.
“Yeah, we’re thankful! God’s good. God’s good.”
https://stream.org/man-who-lost-everything-in-harvey-flood-still-thankful-god-is-good/
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And people still claim that religion is not a form of brain washing.
And people still claim that religion is not a form of brain washing.
A theistic Stockholm Syndrome.
Non believers never believe.
Why would we when there is no evidence or reason to believe?
"Why would we when there is no evidence or reason to believe?"
Because a reason materializes.
While I have always believed in GOD my believes are most inline with deitsum, after witnessing my dead brother appear at the foot of my bed soon after his death for a few short seconds, I knew there was something after as well.
Did it occur to you that you just see what you want to see? Kind of a mind over matter. Belief is the same thing. It's just an emotional comfort mechanism or wishful thinking. Bit there's no reason to believe something is real or true (especially a deity) because there is no objective evidence. Merely wising it to be true or real doesn't make it so.
Believe me... I didn't WANT TO SEE IT !
I about shit my pants at first.
But, In a flash he was gone. He did say a few words that I'll probably always remember though.... 4 of them.
Fukin freaked my ass out ! .. Still kinda does. after that I knew I was no longer afraid of death, not anyway near looking forward to it ... but definitely not afraid of it in the least either now.
Until then I love the sences we have, taste, touch, hearing, sight and sound, I dont know about after death and am in no hurry to find out.
Perhaps subconsciously you did. The mind can play tricks on us, especially when one is emotionally vulnerable.
I was there..it was real.
Yes I really did see a ghost of my brother. There is NO doubt in my mind. I know reality from illusion, hallucinations and fantasy or even most bull shit people try to spread.
LOL and That is not something you share with everyone for no reason.
PS: It also did not affect my believe in My GOD. I am still a deist.
I'm sure you believe that. Which pretty much aligns with everything I've said so far.
Thanks, I can only hope you someday have the same experience. You would know the difference yourself.
It's rather comforting after the shock wears off. LOL
BTW, This is not the first time I 've heard and considered what your point is. I understand it. If I wasn't the one who witnessed it I would question the hell of it as well. I dont have to, I Saw It with my own eyes ... fully awake and sober and in fine mental health condition, not even really grieving as I knew he was going to die and was prepared for his death.
Enjoy the rest of the evening, I'm moving on, Thanks for the conversation.
@321steve : "... after witnessing my dead brother appear at the foot of my bed soon after his death for a few short seconds ..."
A few seconds at the foot of your bed does seem to point to you waking up and ' seeing ' something. This really, really sounds like a dream that lingered while you were waking. We have all had them - the dreams that were " so real ". Often times they are bad dreams and we are thankful it was 'only a dream'.
Every witnessing I have ever come across is similar to what you described. It is very brief, extremely vague and with suspicious circumstances. I really wish this was not the case because it is boring. I would love to be able to investigate some hard evidence. There is none. Nowhere. It cannot be found. Odd.
You may never find hard evidence, I sure as hell didn't think to reach for a camera.
Without that evidence, there is no reason to believe. Next time, keep a camera handy.
If you ever get the chance, do the same. Wonder if it would even show ?
GOD now that's interesting...LOL
later, its been along day
If you ever get the chance, do the same.
That should be interesting.
Wonder if it would even show ?
Well, if you believe all the supernatural shows, movies, claims, ect., supernatural phenomenon always shows up on film. usually as a shadowy image or something to that effect.
I believe you as I had an awesome experience two weeks after my precious sister died. The experience was so profound that I passed out which I had never done before.
I know what I know and no one can change it!
@Magnoliaave : " I know what I know and no one can change it!"
Not sure why you think there is a desire to change your reality. The interest, of course, is for those of us who have never experienced anything even remotely close to a supernatural event to understand what took place. I have asked people to explain their experiences for years. Never, even when people try, does the explanation go beyond vague descriptions. Mostly the responses are like yours - merely a claim that the experience (whatever it was) was real and not an illusion or a dream.
And when one goes beyond the individual and looks worldwide for corroboration on such experiences there is not a single verified account of the supernatural. Lots of claims, but not once -to my knowledge- has a claim ever been credibly verified to be anything other than a function of the mind. With almost 7.5 billion people on this planet one would expect plenty of credibly verified accounts. But, alas, nothing. Never anything but claims.
I understand what you are saying.
However, in this instance there was tangible evidence and my husband was in the next room. Of course, the tangible evidence could be interpreted by others in a different way. All I know is that I passed out while typing an email to my beautiful niece. When I was waking up, I know what I said and I know what I saw. The next morning what I found on my computer was awesome.
The bond between my older sister and me was impenetrable. I know it was her way of letting me know she was alright. Did you ever have a loss so great that it is almost impossible to mentally and spiritually acknowledge that loss? Five years later and I am still dealing with it. But, I don't want to go through that experience, again.
I'm sure that the man and his son were both cold, wet, and utterly miserable-- not to mention frantic about having lost everything. My heart goes out to them! But they were grateful for their rescue, and grateful to be alive, when so many others weren't alive...
God is good. Today, I went outside and my old coneflowers, that I planted almost 20 years ago, were blooming. It gave me hope! Thank you, God, for another day!
Dear Friend Dowser: Amen, Selah.
So be it, for ever and ever.
E.
The skeptic has said in his or her heart there is no God. No offense intended to any one person or group. But the meaning encompassed about in that "expression" is powerful and should not be ignored.
Spirituality is an illumination of the mind and not the emotions.
I have seen many reporter interview "episodes" this past storm (Harvey) and yes, I noted the many paradoxical references of "Thank God," "I am blessed," and "God will provide." To the natural man or woman this is outrageous and laughable. To those folks who just this week experienced individual and collective "foxhole" moments of rising waters and being plucked out of the near-grasp of death it is a moment for humility and recognition of something/someone bigger than us all: God (aka. "The Powers that be.") or Fate or whatever that "Something" is that often seems to hear and respond to words we whisper when no one else is around.