An Anchor in Glory

Mama and I are waiting for Charlie while he has an MRI, this afternoon. Yesterday, Ben, Char, Mom and I were involved in a fatal car accident on Hwy. 52. A car came up behind us going about 80 - 90 miles an hour, clipped the back of our Suburban and went flying and spinning through the air into a nearby field. The front of our car was flung into the left lane from the impact but we were able to correct and safely pull to the side of the road with minimal damage to our vehicle. I am very sorry to say the man in the other car did not live. Ben and Char ran to see if they could help but there was nothing they could do. Ben said that was the most he had ever prayed for someone at one time. We are praying for this man’s family and wisdom in knowing how to minister to his mother who we have heard was distraught. We are relatively uninjured except for varying degrees of whiplash and Charlie’s wrist which he used to brace himself since he was sitting in the middle of the backseat. A million “what if’s” cross our minds: what if the man who died had been seat-belted, (the police say he would likely have lived) what if the car had rolled one less time, what if the medic’s had arrived sooner... what if we had been driving our little car instead of the Suburban and rolled like him... And yet we know God does not focus on the “what would have happened”s. He divinely orchestrates every instance for His glory and the good of those who love Him. Job 14:5 says, “Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;” He sees what we cannot see and there are no “what ifs” in his economy but only “I AM”. 

He has dealt gently with us and allowed us to only realize bits at a time. Still we pray recollections are purposeful and wrapped in the firm knowledge of His sovereignty and omnipotence. Still these thoughts can be consuming and we pray especially for Ben and Charlie. A wise man yesterday reminded us Ben and Char were there for a reason that only God knows. So we rest again in the goodness of God and our hearts are filled with compassion for this man’s family.