As I look back over my life (hey, I'll soon be 53!), I can see God's hand leading and guiding me. He has yet to fail me or let me down, but is always right on time. I know I don't always agree with His timing of things, but I am sure in my heart of His faithfulness and love.
The past weeks have been filled with ups and downs and I came as close as I would have liked to losing my life. But again...God's timing is perfect. As some know, I was involved in a car accident about 10 days ago that left my car totalled in South Carolina and me without a soul nearby to call on. But God provided!
The accident, in itself, is a testimony to God's grace. I was in the far left lane on I-85 near Greenville SC and was getting ready to move into the middle lane. I checked my mirror, saw it was OK to move over, only to find as I started into the middle lane, a large tractor trailer (wait, are there ever small tractor trailers?) coming into the middle lane at the same time as me. In my attempts to come back into my lane, I over steered and ended up slamming into the cement barrier. Air bags deployed, I hit another vehicle, yet somehow ended up stopped alongside the far right berm. I don't know how I got there but truly beleive God had His angels push me there and keep other cars out of the way.
I, and the other person I hit, walked away with bruises. Just bruises. My dog, Cady, who was with me, was thrown from the front seat to the back. But was unhurt. She stood in the back seat looking at me, as if to say, "OK, Mom, that was fun...can we do it again?"
The cop told me later, it would have been much worse had the tractor trailer hit me. I praise Him for His hand of protection, His hand of mercy, His hand of grace.....And how grateful I am for His walking with me through that day.
I have come away convinced that I serve a God who cares about me so intimately and knows all the details of my life ahead of time....and makes a way when I see none. I also have come away further convinced that He doesn't want me to live my life with any regrets, but to go out and live each day fully as He directs me to.
He has promised me great blessings if I follow hard after Him - and I am determined to continue to do just that.
May His Name, that wonderful NAME, be praised!
May He bless you as He is blessing me,
Sue
