The Odds of Grace: The Lynde Doup Story

YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHEN YOUR ‘TIME’ IS GOING TO COME.

YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHEN

GOD IS GOING TO SHAKE YOU AND GIVE YOU A VIOLENT WAKE- UP CALL.

AND YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHEN

WHAT IT’S GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN YOU’RE HANGING ONTO YOUR LIFE

BY A TINY, FRAYED THREAD, BEGGING GOD TO SHOW YOU MERCY

AS EVERYONE AROUND YOU PREPARES TO SAY THEIR GOODBYES.

BUT I KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE. I’VE BEEN SO CLOSE TO DEATH

THAT I COULD SEE AND HEAR THINGS THAT ARE OTHERWISE UNIMAGINABLE.

MY BODY HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO WHAT FELT LIKE A MILLION PIECES

I WAS SO VERY CLOSE TO LEAVING MY FAMILY BEHIND ME;

WITH JUST A MEMORY OF WHAT I USED TO BE.

AND I COULD HEAR THE DOCTORS AS THEY TRIED TO CONSOLE MY FAMILY.

AND IN MY VERY FINAL MOMENTS OF PAIN AND DESPERATION

BY GRACE ALONE- MY LIFE WAS SPARED.

MY NAME IS LYNDE. AND THIS IS MY STORY.