“I Should Have Died That Day”: A Story of God's Mercy and Grace
*Trigger Warning* If you get queasy (like I do), my guest's near-death experience is discussed in depth here.
Overcoming Pride is not easy to do, especially when you are a punk kid like Mick Wienholt was when he found himself clinging to life after an avalanche nearly killed him. God's mercy and grace were on full display that day, but that didn't stop Mick from being prideful.
Mick shares with me the second case of God's mercy and grace during his life: the loss of his firstborn. He shares that the tragedy brought him purpose in suffering and set him on a new path of surrender and humility.
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Mick's first born, Luke, was a full-term still birth (39 weeks) and Luke's death brought Mick & his wife into relationship with God/Jesus
- Essentially no relationship with Jesus prior to Luke's death
- Certainly aware of God and had gone to church earlier in life, but wanted to do our own thing in life
- Luke's death brought us to a point where we cried out to God for help
- Thought we had a "Luke-shaped" hole in our hearts; God showed us it was a God-shaped hole... He filled that hole and loved us thru the grief of Luke's death and changed our lives & family tree since then
- Great ending, which your listeners will love: 18 months after Luke's birth/death our daughter was born (alive!) and 7 years after Luke's birth/death, God blessed us with identical twin boys born (alive!) in January, (Luke's death/delivery month)
- -PHOTOS of Mick, wife, Luke in hospital and photos of other childrens' birthdays to support story
Story 2: Mick Survives an Avalanche He Caused Himself with the Miracle of Steve Showing Up Out of Nowhere
- Climbing alone on a 14,000 foot peak in Colorado, Mick caused the avalanche that WOULD have killed him
- Not wearing a helmet Mick's injuries are severe and mostly confined to his head (ouch)
- Unbeknownst to Mick his scalp is split open to the bone/skull and he's losing significant blood
- ALONE Mick hikes the 3 miles back to his truck at the trailhead parking lot
- There's so much coagulated and frozen blood on Mick's jacket he…Read More
