I had to preface what I told Cindy during a call to her in the first week of January with the words, “I’m perfectly fine, but…” The night before, while on my way to a prison for ministry, I was involved in an accident that should have been horrific. A young lady lost traction on a steep, icy lane that intersected the busy major road I was on and flew into our road impacting a car in the opposite lane and then spun into me striking dead center on the driver’s side door.
Amazingly, we all got right out of our cars with no obvious injuries. I told each of the others the truth – we weren’t lucky, we were blessed. The Lord was watching out for us. The Psalms say a lot about God’s protection of those who entrust themselves to Him. In Psalm 41 it says, “In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; the LORD protects him and keeps him alive…”
Although the damage to our car did not seem to be horrible at the time, the insurance company wrote it off as a total loss due to the age of the car. Thankfully, it was released to us with a reduced pay off so we can have it repaired on our own. The car is sitting in our driveway, but we are unable to drive it at this time. Although this may be a major inconvenience, we are at least learning the local transit system and have seen the faithfulness of our many good friends here when we have needed rides.
Though there is an unseen enemy at work opposing the call we have to be here, we are reassured by God’s word which says, “[The Son] is before all things and in him all things are held together” Col 1:17. So we appreciate your prayers for a timely resolution of our vehicle and driving situation. Pray also that the Lord will continue to use us to bring His love to those He has planned to cross our paths.
