My brother in law had his back to oncoming traffic while he did his job as a US Postal worker to fill four CBU units with mail. Without warning, a DUI driver (later we would find out he was high on morphine) crushed both Warren's legs between the two bumpers. Warren fell to the ground where the driver continued to try and run over Warren. This incident was undoubtedly tragic, but his recovery is full of miracles.
The first miracle came in the form of a woman (Kiri Rassmussen) who called 911 while her husband put his hands under Warrens head to provide a "pillow" of sorts from the asphalt and leaned over Warren to provide shade from the scortching sun.
Miracles continued to pour into Warren's life in the form of Doctors and Nurses who gave 100% into saving Warren's leg and his life.
Miracles then looked like sweet neighbors (Megan Stout) organizing fundraisers and card collections. Warren had an unbelievable number of cards plastering his hospital room from people in his neighborhood as well as the neighborhood he was servicing at the time of the accident.
Miracles came in the form of neighbors organizing garage sales (I'm so sorry I don't know her name) and neighbors working on the house and yard (Sara Brown and Amy Mitchell). People worked tirelessly to lessen Mary's load as well as to make the house more comfortable for Warren when he was finally able to return home.
Warren forgave his offender before his body had even been lifted into the ambulance. The forgiveness was complete and gave Warren full brain power to focus on his own healing.
The three questions that still power Warren are:
- Who do I want to be?
- How can I lighten the burdens of others?
- What can I do to make my situation better?
These are power questions my friends and questions I will be pondering for years to come. I'd love to hear your thoughts!!!
Because Warren forgave his offender, his hospital room was filled with peace instead of anger; gratitude instead of resentment and hope instead of despair.
Forgiveness isn't Warren saying what happened is okay. Forgiveness is Warren leaving the law of Justice to the Creator and freeing him to focus on healing from the inside out!
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