The Promise Fulfillment: From Deadly Explosion to Miraculous Deliverance
In the depths of a torture chamber, where death seemed imminent and hope was a distant memory, I found myself holding onto the only glimmer of light that remained – a Bible handed to me by a mysterious voice. It led me to Psalm 91, a chapter filled with promises and assurance of God’s protection. Little did I know that these words would become my lifeline, my source of strength, and ultimately the testimony of my miraculous deliverance.
Within those hellish walls, I was accompanied by believers like Jonas and Schadrack, who had tirelessly supported me in starting a Bible Fellowship group. Despite the relentless stench of death that permeated the air, we gathered together, calling it our “Bible Fellowship in Hell.” But even in the depths of despair, a divine message reached me, assuring that our lives would not end within those grim confines. The voice spoke with authority, telling me that Jonas, Schadrack, and I would walk free.
Reality jolted me back as the footsteps faded into the distance, leaving me confined to the torture chamber, awaiting the day of my demise. It was a recurring cycle of suffering and torment. Each morning, Tutsi soldiers would bring prisoners to collect our lifeless bodies, destined for the mortuary.
Then, one fateful day, a drunk Tutsi soldier, who had been fighting in the DR Congo, entered the torture chamber and questioned why we were still alive. In a fit of rage, he grabbed a handheld grenade and threw it towards us. The deafening explosion and smoke consumed my senses, and the world around me faded into darkness of death.
Eighteen souls were presumed dead, and I was counted among them. My body was ravaged by the blast, my tibia shattered, and shrapnel pierced through my weakened flesh. I bled profusely, until the last drop of life trickled away, and I slipped into a comatose state. Death seemed to have claimed me.
As expected, the Tutsi soldiers arrived to collect our bodies, taking us to the mortuary – the final stop before a mass burial in Gisozi’s mass graves. But amidst this bleak scene, a foreign lady conducting research for her nursing school with the Red Cross discovered a faint pulse within me. With urgency and determination, she rushed me to the Red Cross clinic in Kigali. The news of the clandestine torture chambers had already spread, making it unfavorable for the government to execute me. Instead, I received the medical support I desperately needed, and against all odds, I began to recover.
Others who had survived were also released, a move by the Kagame government to demonstrate that it was not complicit in the mass killings. Among us were innocent children, like a one-year-old boy, whose only “crime” was being born into the wrong tribe at a dark chapter of history. It was in this moment that I realized how God had faithfully fulfilled His promises, as declared in Psalm 91, in my own life.
Today, as I reflect upon my journey from the depths of that torture chamber to the freedom I now embrace, I stand as a living testimony of the promise fulfillment. God’s divine intervention and His unwavering protection saved me from the jaws of death. I am a testament to His faithfulness, His love, and His power to bring light even in the darkest of places.
“Bible Verses”:
- Psalm 91:14-15 (NIV):
“Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him.”
- Psalm 34:17-18 (NIV):
“The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
- Isaiah 41:10 (NIV):
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
- Psalm 27:1 (NIV):
“The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?”