Its been an eventful day. And as I write this my hands shake and tremble. I had the epiphany that I'm not ready to die. I didn't come to this lightly. Certain circumstances brought this realization to mind today. I was on my way home for lunch. My office is only a few miles from my house, so my usual routine is to go home for lunch. It gets me out of the office for a little bit and ready to get some work done when I come back. First stop was at the mall where I needed to pay a bill. It looked like it was fixing to pour buckets, but I thought I could make it. So I go in and pay my bill, but by the time I get done, its now raining heavily. Of course it is. So I slip off my heels and start walking to my truck. I'm almost there when this vehicle drives past me, splashing water on me. Seriously, who does that? I guess it didn't matter because I was soaked anyway, but come on!
So I'm safely in my truck and its raining cats and dogs. I go straight down Bluebonnet to take a left onto Jefferson Highway, the road my house is off of. I'm the first vehicle in the left hand turning lane, closest to oncoming traffic. As I'm sitting there, I look to my left and think, gosh, it sure would suck for someone to have a wreck here. Not 5 seconds after I think that, there is a car that is turning right onto Bluebonnet, and another car comes from the opposite direction. They collide. Horns blare, tires skid, and both cars lock together and slam into the vehicle directly behind me.
I'm not a couragous soul. In fact, there's not much bravery in my make-up. I have no doubt God was watching over me during all of this. When it comes to my personal safety and security, its pretty much me and Him these days. More Him than me. I try to be smart about this physical world, but as much as I'd like to disagree, some things ARE beyond my control.
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God's awesome care for us goes way beyond what we can understand. Praise God you were delivered from harm. I often wonder if some of the delays in my daily going to and fro are but simply God's deliverances.
God is good, all the time! ec
This may be a selfish view - in fact, I'll go ahead and agree that this is a selfish view so we don't spark a spirited discussion:
If I die today, then I'm with Jesus. That's the easy way out. When I die, I want you people dancing in the streets, because I sure will be.
However, continuing aling the selfish nature of this comment - i don't want you to die - I have too much to learn from you. So PRAISE THE LORD that He kept you safe!!!
Love you, Beautiful!
Oh - not courageous? PLEASE. I mean, really. Courage is being afraid and doing something anyway. You do that on a regular basis... I see it all the time, so don't try to deny it. Sheesh!
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