You see, it happened in a split second, Barbara — when a roadside bomb detonated under the gas tank of my vehicle in Afghanistan.
My body was instantly engulfed in flames.
The pain was unimaginable.
I thought my life was surely coming to an end, and I wondered how long it would be before I drew my last breath.
But when one of my soldiers extinguished the flames on my body, I knew God had bigger plans for me.