Are You "Ready For Anything?" (The Testimony of the Late Bob Wickliffe)

BOB WICKLIFFE lived in Long Island, New York and worked in NYC. Arriving at his job on 9/11/2001, Bob watched in horror as people jumped out of windows from the top floors of the World Trade Center, and he saw the 2nd tower fall from a distance. A Christian and a relative of mine, I can say with certainty that Bob prayed, thanking God for his safety during that surprise attack. The things he personally witnessed first-hand were hard to forget.Fast forward 12 years to 2013. Bob, then retired, and his dear wife Dottie now lived in Pennsylvania. As Bob had always loved children, he volunteered to be the Commissioner of their new church’s Upward Children’s Sports Ministry. Bob was at a soccer game when he fainted and fell due to AFib (a heart problem). He broke his neck / back and was instantly paralyzed from his chest down. As he lay on the ground, he worshiped and praised God, and was ready to go home to Heaven if that was God’s Will.In a sense, what happened to Bob on that fateful day i