Sometimes life throws a curve ball doesn’t it… A little over a week ago I got one of those calls a parent simply dreads. “Daddy, I’ve been in an accident”. I must honestly say that my heart felt like it stopped beating for a minute or so. Thankfully the next two words I heard were, “I’m ok”. I got to the scene of the accident to find my little girl quite upset but she only had a goose egg on her head. Nothing serious.
I’ve been thinking a lot about that event ever since and the one thought that keeps coming to me is how incredibly thankful I am to still have my daughter!! That wreck had the potential to be much worse than it was. High Speed, three vehicles, semi-truck. Not a great combination.
Since then we have been having to deal with all of the minutia of a totaled car, insurance adjusters, police reports, etc. Not a pleasant experience at all…
At the same time that Lesley and I have been dealing with our little crisis, another beloved family in our community lost a beautiful wife and mother in a car accident. The devastation of that is simply unspeakable… From what I’ve been told, however, her funeral was truly an amazing and beautiful time of worship in the face of such tragic loss.
All of this brings me to a very powerful and deep appreciation for the amazing measure of God’s love for us. He loves us enough to let us be truly free. He loves us enough to let us live in a world where there really are choices and consequences both good and bad. He loves enough to be there for us, to comfort us, and to guide us in the worst and most trying moments of our lives. For that, let us never raise a fist to God when bad things happen but lift our voices in worship for His goodness and his love in the midst of them.
Our prayers go out to the Crews family in this time of bereavement.
I’ve been thinking a lot about that event ever since and the one thought that keeps coming to me is how incredibly thankful I am to still have my daughter!! That wreck had the potential to be much worse than it was. High Speed, three vehicles, semi-truck. Not a great combination.
Since then we have been having to deal with all of the minutia of a totaled car, insurance adjusters, police reports, etc. Not a pleasant experience at all…
At the same time that Lesley and I have been dealing with our little crisis, another beloved family in our community lost a beautiful wife and mother in a car accident. The devastation of that is simply unspeakable… From what I’ve been told, however, her funeral was truly an amazing and beautiful time of worship in the face of such tragic loss.
All of this brings me to a very powerful and deep appreciation for the amazing measure of God’s love for us. He loves us enough to let us be truly free. He loves us enough to let us live in a world where there really are choices and consequences both good and bad. He loves enough to be there for us, to comfort us, and to guide us in the worst and most trying moments of our lives. For that, let us never raise a fist to God when bad things happen but lift our voices in worship for His goodness and his love in the midst of them.
Our prayers go out to the Crews family in this time of bereavement.
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