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This is Chris, the fella that works for me who i nearly killed a month ago, holding a cross i made him out of the piece of wood that hit him. I gave it to him and told him "this is what nearly killed you and what saved your life, this is the story we will tell." The Lord sure is good. I couldnt even begin to explain just how good.

Lucky man, God was looking out for him and God also knew how much you love him. Great story, pray he will fully recover

Did you tell the story of what happened?

I must have missed it.

Life and death, another testamony#4109515
03/30/24 08:59 PM
Joined: Dec 2015
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blount county alabama

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I havent posted anything about this because, quite frankly, its been terrible. I been struggling with it a couple weeks. But here it is and i give God the glory, even in my mistakes. Had a bad accident at work two weeks ago. I was blocking a tree down. Common practice. Ive dne it thousands of times i guess. Well, this time a 6ft long 200lb piece of wood hit a friend of mine who helps me. I looked down and saw him just as i pushed the piece of wood off the stob. I scrramed "watch out", and he moved just enough to keep it from hitting him in the center of the head. He just laid there, eyes open, staring up at the sky, unresponsive. I was 50ft or so up in the tree. I had to tie in andget down which took a minute or so i guess, seemed like an hour. When i got to him he was kinda snoring or gasping, knocked out, looked just like what it looks like on movies ehen someone is dying. I thought he was dying. I beat on the door and told the home owner to call 911 and get an ambulance there fast. I ran over and straightened out his leg that was turned backwards and put his head in my lap and petted him and talked to him as i begged the Lord to please not let him die. I was thinking about having to call his daddy, a good friend of mine, and his wife and tell them i had killed him. Begging the Lord all the time to please not let him die. In a minute he came to and we prayed together untill the ambulance got there. I dont know but i believe it could have gone either way. There was a video from a security camera, he watched it yesterday and has said over and over the Lord saved him, he should be dead. He has no explanation for why he was under that tree. Said you can hear the saw running in the video and he just walks under the tree. Ive played it over and over in my head and if i had looked down 5 seconds earlier, i could have kept it from happening. I was doing some work a couple days later on my property by myself, running my skidsteer and a scripture came to mind. I broke down and the Lord took me back to that moment when i didnt know if he would live or die. He reminded me i asked him not to let my friend die and he didnt let him die. He told me he knew that was more than i could bear and he didnt make me go through that. My friend knows he should have died and the Loed saved him, hes said it repeatedly. Ive been wrestling with guilt the past few days. Its been hard. I got some good advice today so im letting this go. Im giving it to the Lord. All the Lord deserves is glory, even from my mistakes. I reckon this is the worst thing ive ever experienced but even in this the Lord was with me. He was there holding me while i was holding him. Hes good. He can and will save your life.

I guess that's Cris Dorning?

Yessir. You know him?

God is good!

Not personally. His wife and I are both on the same FB page for lawncare business owners. I've followed through her FB posts.

How is he doing now?

I think in ways its been harder on her than it has Chris. I know that sounds crazy but i think its accurate. Shes been aweful worried about him and how theyll make it. Also having to deal with all the humans she runs into in every day life. You might pray for her, that the Lord would help her to get through this, and to understand, without a doubt, it was him that got all of us through it.

Healing really well. Itll be 6-8 more weeks before he can get back to work. Torn ligaments in his lower left leg will take about 6-8 more weeks to heal. Hes still got some pain in a few places. Overall though, its a miracle hes doing as well as he is. It is driving him nuts that he is stuck at home all the time

Certainly. Not many women in lawncare and I can tell she's a hard worker and it's put a lot on her since his accident. It's hard for us to understand, but it's all part of His plan for His glory.

I agree 100%. Just remember her when you pray.

Praise God that he lived and will recover.

I have a similar story about my best buddy slipping by the pool and hitting his head on some tile stars when he, I and our wives were in a house in the BVI together. I still think about it all the time and remember Mrs. Irish and I holding him, unconscious, snoring like you said, in the pouring rain, blood everywhere and praying out loud to God harder than I have ever prayed before in my life.

God is good. He loves us and he listens to our prayers. Of that I am 100% certain.

Glad he's making a good recovery J. I really like the saw marks in that cross too. A lot of character in that picture.

I cut the cross out with the same saw i cut it with before it hit him. Full circle.