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My sister walked away essentially unharmed from this accident
She was traveling home from work and some lady decided to pull into my sister's lane to park along the road going the opposite direction of traffic. Somehow due to the sun and some distractions, she didn't notice my sister traveling about 40mph in the lane where she intended to park! My sister's Jetta did very well in the crash. Thank God for airbags and seat belts...my sister walked away from the crash with some significant bruising but otherwise in great shape! The other person did not...she probably did not have her seat belt on since she hit the wind shield. (We are still unsure of how she's doing).
I don't understand why some people get to walk away from these things and others do not. I'll never really understand the seemingly randomness of accidents and tragedies. I have made a lot of statements over the years that have been able to demonstrate my trust in God's Sovereign plan....but I do not posess any real grasp on what God is doing in the lives of the grieving. Or the greatly relieved for that matter. I just know His heart is full of love for us. I know He desires each of us to turn to Him for real love. For a love that doesn't change just because it's gotten tired or bored or fatter or wrinkly or less financially able to meet our needs. " Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you!" Ps. 63:3
A week after my sister's crash, she visited Illinois to pick up my mother on their way to Paris ( yes the real Paris and yes, how great is that!) She sat with me in church as we listened to a testimony 2 women gave about how an accident and forgiveness had brought them together. One older women had actually hit and killed the son of the other woman when he had stopped suddenly in front of her on his motorcycle. She had looked down for a moment and looked up a moment to late. When asked how the grieving mother had been able to forgive this other woman so quickly she said..." It never occurred to me not to forgive. I remembered how much I have been forgiven in Christ. And I just did it". My sister and I walked out of the church teary eyed and smiling. My sister said " Isn't it nice that God sent those 2 ladies all the way from NC to remind me to forgive that lady that hit me? And how great it is that I get a chance to forgive her?"
Once again I am filled with awe being fully reminded that God is always at work. Doing a million things. In so many of His people. And sometimes He pulls back a little portion of the curtain and let's me see it! To the praise of His glorious Grace...Amen!
