Impossible Survival | How One Man Miraculously Walked Away from a Deadly Avalanche | Mick Weinholt's God Story

So who was that 19-year-old Mick Brown?

Yeah.

Well, thank you so much, Christina, for the opportunity to be here on Witness the Wonder.

And to answer your question, I was this 19-year-old that was fueled 100% by ego and Mountain Dew.

And later in life, my drink of choice changed to Red Bull, but for sure it was just about pride as this guy who was kind of raging against life and raging even against God.

And so I kind of grew up in this quote unquote Christian household.

And what I mean by that was my parents put me through Christian based education from first grade through 12th grade.

And we talked about God and Jesus and to some degree, the Holy Spirit at home.

But there was so much kind of chaos and And tension and angst and anger between my parents and I learned every four letter word there was at the dinner table.

So that kind of gives you an idea of sort of like the scenario growing up.

So, you know, we've probably all heard this phraseology of rules without relationship equals rebellion.

And that really was the best way to kind of describe where I was at 19.

And even in the years prior to that, because my parents cared for me, they supported me, but I didn't really have any relationship with them.

So I knew that I was loved by them, but I didn't really have any relationship.

So the discipline that they applied to a real high energy, highly driven kid, I just completely pushed back on.

And I also then really viewed the God that I heard about and the God that I kind of understood through my education to be similar, meaning distant, not interested in a relationship, totally interested in discipline.

And I was completely disinterested in all of that.

So I was like, God, you stay up there.

I will be down here.

Let me do my thing.

And as long as I get to do my thing, we'll be okay.

And ultimately, that puts me into a position as a 19-year-old where I want nothing to do with God, just probably an understatement.

I think it was better said that I was fully rebelling against him, totally doing my thing, and probably at certain points even going so far as to say I really hated God at that period of time.

Yeah, it sounds like you were really actively running from him during that season of your life.

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