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| Me and Betsy after the accident |
I WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN HERE!
I
am sharing this testimony to encourage someone out there that God’s protective
HAND is upon you always. Just a couple days before 2017 ended, I arrived at one
of my favorite spots in Ohio, Westerville Public Library, to do some writing. I
realized I left my glasses in the car, so I stepped out of the library to get them.
As I walked near one of the pillars in the parking lot, I heard a loud sound like an
explosion, I looked, and right beside me, a van had just hit that pillar next to me. It was so bad that the vehicle was no longer driveable.
As the driver, a
wonderful lady, stepped out of the car, “She said to me, I am so sorry, I have
NEVER experienced something like this in all my years of driving. In fact, I
have never received a ticket in my life." That tells you how meticulous
a driver she has been. While
she was wondering how could this have happened, I said to her, “We only saw what
happened, WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED, ONLY GOD KNOWS. You could have hit me
instead of the pillar because I was just right there, or sustained
a serious injury. What of if someone was sitting in the passenger’s seat at that
time? It could have been a different story."
Betsy was grateful to God that nobody was injured. Her
car could be repaired, and the ticket point would roll off eventually, but human
lives are irreplaceable!
A few
days ago, I was traveling down the memory lane and I realized that there had been moments, events, happenings etc., that seemed ordinary and insignificant, yet
God had been in those moments of my journey. Like Jacob from the Bible, I didn’t even
realize that God was there, and when I saw the picture of me and Betsy, it dawned on
me that I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE if it wasn't for God!
Friends, only a great FOOL would not be GRATEFUL to God. I tell you
that GOD IS ABLE TO DELIVER YOU FROM DESTRUCTION! Look at this Scripture, “…It is only the Lord’s mercies that have kept us from
complete destruction. Great is his faithfulness; his loving-kindness
begins afresh each day.” Lamentations 3:22-23 (TLB)
I pray for everyone reading this, every
destructive arrow that is fired in your direction will not land in your city in
the precious name of Jesus. Some people say, “Nearly never kills a bird”. The vehicle NEARLY HIT me but God said no. Rejoice with me!
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