My wife and I could have easily been
killed, (or killed someone) last night… three times, and all in the space of
ten minutes. (I kid you not).
My wife was behind the wheel, and we
were heading to the midweek service at our church. We had driven about half a
mile down Spirit Lake Road, and suddenly a car came sailing across the road
about thirty feet ahead of us, and drove into a vacant field to our right. (I have
no idea what he was thinking). As we passed the now stationary vehicle, it’s
lights were still on. Of course, my wife and I commented about what a strange
occurrence it had been.
After another half mile, we reached
the intersection of a state road, took a right turn, and drove another half
mile. Suddenly, an almost invisible bicycle crossed the four lane road, perhaps
fifty feet ahead of our vehicle, and I told my wife to slow down. The bicycle
was totally devoid of lights, and I commented that the rider was “achin’ for a
breakin.’”
Having driven another half a mile, we
barely missed the back bumper of a car which had stopped at a stop sign, had driven
across two of the four lanes of traffic, and was parked diagonally in the
median waiting to turn into an opposing lane of traffic. The hapless driver had
left a couple of feet of his rear bumper in the road behind him. We saw the guy
seconds before our vehicle would have plowed into him, and Jean just managed to
swerve around his car.
I love the verse in the Old Testament
which assures believers that,
“Your times are in His hands.” (Psalm
31:15)
And an equally reassuring verse can be
found in Psalm 139.
“Before I ever took my first breath,
you planned every day of my life.”
No matter what we encounter along life’s
pathway, the great “I AM,” the God of the past, present and future, has already
been there before us. What a bless-ed realization.
I don’t think we can ask, or expect
anything much better than that.
by William McDonald, PhD. Copyright PendingIf you would like to copy, share or save, please include the credit line, above
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