Let's find out what God says about protecting you from violence  

  God Protected Me from 3 Attackers with Baseball Bats                                             

 "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble. The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desires of his foes.   Psalm 41:1-2  

 It was a beautiful Sunday, my family and me just came back from taking our little girl to the Los Angeles zoo.

I will explain later what happened before the attack when I can complete this story, for now I'll just fast forward to the bat attack.

 It wasen't important to me that I was hit straight in the forehead with a bat from one of the three men who all carried blue aluminum bats, The attacker seemed to be in his early twenties was wearing a blue bandanna on his forehead and camouflage pants.  

It wasen't even important to me that the front of my yellow shirt that I was wearing, turned completely red from being soaked from my own blood from the open gash from the bat attack to my forehead.

The important thing to me was what happened next as I looked through my blood soaked eyes towards my wife who was screaming while holding our young baby daughter who was just a few months old. I stood there thanking God for His protection, because when one of the men to my left hit my head with the bat like he was hitting a home run. I did not staggered or stumble. I just stood there as startled as the man who just hit me. The young man who was at least six feet tall, looked at me and then he looked at the bat as he dropped it as I walked towards him, and then ran into the crowd.

I actually cussed back at the two remaining two men when one of them said to the other one. "It's my turn to hit him!"

Anger immediately rose up in me because I knew that anyone who would hit someone with a baseball bat for a second time was no stranger to physically hurting innocent people.

The man who just hit me with the bat took off, I turned towards the two who stood there, each one holding a baseball bat, waiting to bring me down.

I started to walk towards the both of them, still remembering what he just said about that it was his turn to hit me.

I was angry when I said; "No, it's my turn to shove the bat up your _ _ _!"

There is much more to this wonderful story of how God never left me nor forsaken me which I will finish soon, including guns, another man on a motorcycle who approached me and said four words to me, etc...

After it was all over;

God bless the paramedics who dressed me up, but I refuse to be taken in the ambulance to the emergency hospital and be separated from my wife who was visibly shaken up and taken care of our little princess.

I never knew the damage that was done to my forehead until after the doctor looked at me and told me that he could not sew me up, It was only then that I realized the seriousness of the bat attack.

Remember it's about glorifying God for being there for me, and to praise God  that He want's to do the same for you!

God believes in you

Reverend Michael Cartwright