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from His Grace Magazine
by His Grace
Page 14
His Grace Magazine! September 2022
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Deion Sanders
Former NFL Football Star Deion Sanders cried out to God during his serious health scare.
NFL Football Star Deion Sanders recently talked about his health scare and how his faith in God helped him through a rough and a possibly deadly struggle that he faced in resulting of the amputation of two toes.
Deion, who is the Jackson State University's head coach, trusted the Lord with his healing .
It all started in 2021.Deion, 55 years old at the time, was diagnosed with blood clots in his legs after he had surgery and he needed two toes on his left foot amputated.
Deion spent weeks in the hospital and a total of eight surgeries. Even though Deion had gone through some terrible circumstances, the ex NFL player is thanking Jesus Christ for his improved health and recovery. Deion said, "It was a blessing because I could have lost my life very easily, it was there. It was a thought process of losing my leg from the knee down. It was almost there. So when I look up and say, 'Thank you, Jesus,' it's because I know the quiet cries at night that were in the hospital."
Deion said that he is "thankful" to have gone through this difficulty, saying it has shown him more about God and his faith. Deion said, "I got to really see God's face and the different personalities of God, I feel."
Throughout all his hospital difficulties, the football Hall of Famer turned his thoughts to praying, explaining that he spoke in tongues and praised Jesus while he was in the hospital. Deion said, "I'm pretty sure that some of those nurses thought I was crazy. He called on the Lord every night."
Deion has been open about his struggle with depression and his suicidal thoughts in the past, and how coming to Jesus has helped saved his life. Before Jesus, he did try to "take himself out." Deion said, "I gave my life to the Lord in a condo all alone in Cincinnati, Ohio, while I was playing baseball, a few years ago during an appearance on "I Am Athlete." I went through a roller coaster of emotions. I was at the bottom of, to me, what life was."
I remember Deion Sanders playing football; he played on a few teams, but the biggest team he played for was the Dallas Cowboys. It goes to show you that it doesn't matter what we do in this lifetime, the bottom line is we all need Jesus Christ. We thank Jesus for Deion's testimony and his story, about his faith in Jesus and his journey through his sickness and health and his desire to talk about it.
