What was your moment where you were convinced there’s a god?

I know not everyone believes and I’m not trying to convert those who do not. I just wanted to share my own story. It seems as though every believer has their own personal moment when they knew without a doubt.

I thought I had moments in the past that qualified but this one takes the cake. Last night my toddler son was up all night long with 100 degree fever and throwing up 7 times. Poor man was miserable, sweating, and shivering. In addition, he couldn’t breathe due to being so stuffy in the head. He couldn’t sit still and cried for hours while my wife and I took turns holding him in bed.

Any parent reading this knows the helplessness and hurt one feels when their child is suffering. I had to fight back tears of my own over how bad he was feeling.

After about three hours of crying he sort of fell asleep but was snoring from all the congestion and he mixed in some crying whimpers every few seconds. As I laid there listening to him I said a prayer. Not a generic prayer that’s written in books and on pamphlets stored in purses. I’m talking about a real, heartfelt request to God. I asked him to relieve my son of his sickness and give it to me so that I could suffer instead. No catch, no “if/then” propositions — just a genuine request from a hurting dad.

No sooner than I finished my simple prayer, his snoring stopped and I heard his breaths go in and out of his nose freely, he settled down, stopped crying, and his breathing got into a rhythm and he fell asleep. I immediately smiled and tears filled my eyes. It was the first time in my life I said a prayer that was answered right away. He woke up a couple hours later without a fever and with more energy than ever before.

Now I lay in bed tonight not feeling good at all and it looks like I’m coming down with something. I just had to share with everyone since I know there are some here who will appreciate my story.