Spinning

Happy Sabbath,

This is going to be a short post but God has been awesome nonetheless.

Today I went to church and played for Sabbath school.  It came time for people to talk about the goodness of God and I hesitated to mention something that happened earlier this week.  God had someone else speak after my hesitation.  This person talked about her experience driving and being nervous when out on the road around this time of year.  The Lord kept her when she was unsure of herself the many times she has been out there and I was glad to hear her testimony. 

I decided not to speak on my experience as I felt that it would in many ways overshadow what she talked about.  I’ve had many accidents, some of which were terrible.  Like her, around this time of year, I had a great struggle going out in my car to get to work and school.  What I am talking about is that accident I had on October 19th in 2014.  Satan attacked me every single day, all in an effort to make me fear going out of the house.  I decided to trust in the Lord despite these attacks and have overcome by the grace of God. 

On Sunday, I went out with my son to his adventurers club and he did good that day.  On the way home, it was raining (not hard) and I took the long way home because I wanted to do something different.  I have gone this path many times before, but don’t really recall if I drove that way on a rainy day (probably so), but I came down the road and entered a turn (ramp) that would put me on another road.  Suddenly, my car began to spin to the right.  It kept spinning and went a full circle and a half before we stopped.  All I could see and imagine was the car hitting the curb to my right and bursting the tires, stranding us on the side of the road.  I called on the name of Jesus and He helped us.  My son thought it was fun and games but again like I said, this time of year comes with a bunch of mess for me.  It was the first day that he went back to school, September 7th, that I purchased two new front tires because the car mechanics from Pepboys said they alone were on the verge of blow out.  They mentioned nothing about the rear tires.  On September 6th, my tire pressure signal came on and I put air in the tires but knew something was wrong because every time it came on, there was either a nail in the tire or some leak somewhere. 

Well this time Pepboys said that the rear tires didn’t have enough tread on them and having new tires on only half of the car would make for a brake lock skid situation.  I didn’t want to chance it so I purchased two rears to match the front with the same package option as the front on October 10th. 

I thank God that we didn’t hit a curb, that the car did not flip over, and that my car did not hit or get hit by another car as we were not alone on the road. 

I took my son to school on Friday and was talking with the parent of another classmate of my son.  We both have the same first name but she doesn’t know that.  She told me that on 10/12, someone ran a light and totaled her 2005 car.  She and my son’s classmate were in that car.  She is also 9 month’s pregnant.  She walked away with a sprained wrist and is driving a rental.  Prior to that, I think the day before I read in the news that there were accidents EVERYWHERE.  One report said they had to send out divers.  Others said electric wires blocked opposing 6 lanes of traffic.  There were fatalities and major damage.  Even when I was driving to and from my appointments I noticed people were not driving with much care and I had to dip to the side to make sure my mirrors stayed in tact.  I just found out also this week after getting the tires that my headlight is not working right.  I need a new bulb.  It’s always something.  A spider or something bit me good on my arm and woke me up from my sleep.   October is not a good month for me, but if not for God.

If not for God.

I thank God for yesterday and for today.  I thank Him for tomorrow.  I have yet to be seriously injured in any situation.  I’ve seen people seriously injured.  I’ve seen people not make it out alive.   No matter what comes my way, I know that I can trust in the Lord.  You can too.