Whew!

What a day, week, month. Take your pick. It all seemed to be a grand struggle. Doesn't it seem that when God is blessing so greatly, Satan just has to come up and ruin it. It's like a spoiled kid who can't stand that your sand castle is bigger than his, and he just runs over and knocks it over. Many of you know and some of you don't that we are in the middle of praying through a ministry change. We have seen God's hand move so obviously in the last couple of months. It has truly been one of the most exciting times of my life, and yet so many things have happened to take our focus off of where we need to be. It's all been doable up until Sunday. You know what I mean by "doable".. (in my own power, by myself, without help). Any one of those things will do. I have a great "I can fix it myself" attitude with those lovely doable things in my life. But I really stink at "Lord, please fix it the way you want to" attitude. We were doing what we were supposed to be doing Sunday, We were going to church. We were even sitting in the turning lane to enter the parking lot at church. And then time slowed way down to an almost imperceptible crawl when we saw what was coming. There is something surreal about seeing another car coming straight for you. How do you fix that? How do I put that one in my "doable" file? Not possible. I knew when I heard my husband yell out loud, "STOP!!!" that this one was definitley out of my hands. But for some reason I did not have the clarity of mind to sing out "Jesus take the wheel". All I could do was pray for the next breath. Beg God for the safety of my children who were sitting in the back seats of our minivan. Hope that it would all be over soon. It was. By the time the dust and glass and plastic settled, there were three cars that had to be towed away. Two ambulances, two firetrucks, and three police cars later we were all astounded that no one was even hurt. Sore, but not hurt. Praise His name. It looked like a deadly accident, but by God's grace we all walked away shaky maybe but walking nontheless. I think I have redefined the word "doable" in my vocabulary now. Doable doesn't mean in my own power now. It means that in my own power I will choose to use His power.

In His Grace and Mercy.....