FIND GOD IN ALL THINGS!

4:05 p.m...sitting still... 2 cars back from the stop sign after working 30 minutes overtime and now patiently awaiting the car in front of me to make his turn onto Perry Hill Road. I would be next to go... I remember listening to Christian radio and thinking, I'm going home to clean and cook my husband's chicken and I guess I'll saute that asparagus. I'll probably put the chicken in the oven and cook it on a low enough temperature so I can hurry and get to the gym for my 4:30 workout. I had it all planned out it my mind and all would have worked out just fine, but all of a sudden BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! What was that? It sounded like an accident! I'm terribly shaken and disoriented...Was that me? Did somebody hit me? I don't recall moving. What Happened? Okay, the car that was in front of me is still there only closer to me than I recalled minutes earlier. I just hit him! How? I realized...Oh My God, I'm hit! And I ran into the guy in front of me. But how? Why so hard? The speed limit coming off the hill is only 19 mph. Who was in such a hurry? Did they not see traffic was stopped ahead of them? Were they on a cell phone?

It's amazing what thoughts race through our heads in moments like these. I thought so many things before I looked through my rear view mirror and there's a lady at the wheel of her car, eyes closed, head bobbing and jerking. Oh My God, is she dead? Is she dying? Okay, Dee get up! Get out of the car! I was talking to myself. You're okay...I moved my hands and feet...you're okay...I moved my legs and arms...you're okay...I unlocked my seatbelt then the door. I got out...my head aches, but I can walk...Someone said, are you okay and I answered him...so...okay, I can talk...I'm breathing not bleeding...okay, I'm thinking straight and I say, I'm fine, but what about her? We turn our attention to the lady in the vehicle which caused the wreck. We try to open the doors. All doors are locked and it's obvious she needs immediate medical attention. Okay, think Dee! She needs help! Oh yea, 911...somebody call 911...What can we use to break the window? There's a nurse approaching in her car and I flag her down. She calls the campus police while the other driver calls 911...help is on the way, but we can't break this window. Lord, my back is hurting, but she's worse. I hear sirens! Praise God!

In a flash there are paramedics, VA cops, Montgomery PD...with an axe...they break the side window and try to get a response from her. After several minutes she seems to barely open her eyes, but she's in and out of consciousness...

Wow! That really sounds like a bad situation doesn't it? But lets look at it like this...It's 4:05 p.m. people are getting off work. Traffic is really heavy at this time. There's a lady leaving work probably intending to get on with her evening just as I was, when all of a sudden she has a seizure, blacks out...muscles constrict and she hits the accelerator. What's going to stop her from the 2-way, 4 o'clock traffic on Perry Hill Road? A tan Chevrolet Venture driven by a child of God protected by the Heavenly Hosts.

Okay, I don't see it coming but the Lord would not put more on me than I can bear, so the angels suit up and prepare me to take the impact. But I can almost hear the Lord saying, "Wait a minute, she's prepared to take the impact but I must raise a standard to stop my child from being pushed out into traffic. Yes, I'll station this Camry in front of her to keep her from the forces of evil. So be it!"

The enemy came in like a flood, but God raised a standard against it. The Venture took the hit, but the child of God walked away with a few aches and pains, ALIVE AND WELL! If the van had not been there this lady would have plummeted into 2 way traffic, so she too, is ALIVE AND WELL. Although she sustained a broken collar bone, another scenario is that she could have avoided the oncoming traffic but gone straight across the road into one of those homes which I have always thought sat a little too dangerously close to the road. She could have been killed or caused the death of at least one or many others.

I can't explain why it happened but I know all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are the called according to His purpose. My nearly 11 year old vehicle may never be driven again, and I may need a few visits with a chiropractor, but how Great is Our God! He used me. Not in a way that I would have chosen, but He used me still. He positioned me to spare another life and He protected me from what the enemy could have used to take my life, or disable me. He allowed that vehicle to hit my car and the driver of the Camry which kept me from the oncoming traffic, was able to drive away with a dented bumper. He too, is ALIVE AND WELL!

I'm a living witness that the Lord has His people well-insulated under the shadow of His protective wings. I thought so many things while I was in the moment and I can't bear the thought of having a car note after so many years of driving a vehicle that was paid for, but wait a minute, I'm ALIVE AND WELL. Will it be a little hectic to share one vehicle for a while until we're able to settle all claims, etc. of course! But, I can hear my kids in the living room right now with the tv a little too loud but that's OKAY, I CAN HEAR THEM! The clothes my husband took out while deciding what to wear this morning, are all over my bed right now, but that's OKAY, I CAN SEE THEM! My bedroom is a little too cold and my feet are little numb, but that's OKAY, I CAN FEEL THEM! Celina came in and warmed up some leftovers in the microwave without asking me what's for dinner, but it's OKAY, IT SMELLS GOOD! Jasmyne came in from school and ran in here to hug me and ask if I was okay...and guess what? I COULD FEEL HER TOUCH. The strawberry-banana smoothie she just made and brought me a sample of, tasted really great, just like I taught her...so I know I'm ALIVE AND WELL!

Now with tears in my eyes and gratitude in my heart I bless you all...please rejoice with me for having use of all my God-given graces and the sense to know that I AM ALIVE AND WELL because the great I AM KEPT ME ONCE AGAIN!

FIND GOD IN ALL THINGS! AMEN!