Anti-lock breaks working—Check. LORD Helping Us—check...
On Thursday, we packed Tom’s little Cobra Daytona for an excursion around the Appalachian mountains up North. As we were doing last-minute checks, we noticed the stoplights weren’t working. Tom tried for a half hour to figure out the wiring, but everything looked good. We were on the clock to meet friends and drive up together, so we decided to take my SLK.
I found out life does not flash before your eyes if you have a near-catastrophic event. I don’t think Tom or I will ever forget August 20th, 2021 the day an Angel of the Lord lifted the right front of our car and turned it away from an SUV-trailer combo making a left turn less than 100 feet in front of us. (Oh, but for the grace of God.) Did I forget to tell you we were traveling 65 MPH right toward it with Tom’s foot full bore on the brakes and screeching tires? I felt the seat belt automatically tighten around me. With eyes wide open, we knew we could not avoid a full head-on into the side of that box trailer.
But we did!
“Did you feel the right side of our car lift and turn away from the trailer?” Tom asked me.
“Yes, I did, but I thought I was imagining it.”
“You weren’t imagining it.”
There wasn’t any magic to it as the right side of our vehicle lifted and avoided clipping the trailer. The LORD had sent us help, just when we needed it.
It gives me the chills when thinking about his unending love and knowing His eyes are always upon us. In our case, a few days ago, we were participants in an awe-inspiring event. We felt His presence at work in our lives through the work of His Angels.
The good that can come out of something potentially bad or, God forbid, rocks one’s family in sadness, isn’t always obvious or immediate, but that doesn’t mean the good isn’t there. We have a God that watches over all of us and guides all of us through life’s many twists and turns. We can count on it.
Verse for the Month:
Psalm 121:8 – “The LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.”
