I spent my first Christmas on this earth battling measles in the hospital at barely 5 months old when the standard practice at the time was 6-9 months for the first vaccine. But I made it, I was the one that got away.
Then fast-forward 18 years later and I was again battling for my life with an unknown virus that almost took my life...I still remember my usually stoic uncle visiting me in the hospital and bursting into tears because he was sure I wouldn't make it...but I was safe in the 'protective custody' of the Father, and survived. I was once more the one that got away...even as bodies were wheeled out of my ward night after night.
Then fast-forward another 9 years later and I was once more fighting for my life in childbirth...my son presented sideways and the chances of righting him were slim; but with intercession on all sides, I was once more saved in the 'protective custody' of the Lord of Hosts! I was once more the one that got away...even as babies were taken out by the enemy. And I was then given a promise in Psalm 118:17 "I shall not die but live...to recount His illustrious acts"!
I escaped like a bird, I got away by His grace from the jaws of death and I know I have a purpose, and that is to continue to recount His illustrious acts and speak of His goodness forever...I am the one that got away! I have lots more getaway stories and I'm sure you do too!
He utterly delights in you! You are in His 'protective custody'!
The One Who Got Away...
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