It’s 8:30 in the morning and I’ve taken my dogs for a walk, had breakfast with my sister and prepared for my busy day saying ‘see you later’ to friends. I left my house and forgot something that I needed for later in the day so I turned around, called my dad and asked if he could walk it out to the curb for me. As I continued to run my errands before meeting with friends, I pulled up to a red light and waited for it to turn green. There was a lady in a small SUV in the turning lane next to me and as the light turned green, I saw a vehicle going rather fast in the cross traffic lanes in the corner of my eye but didn’t really think about it…I accelerated, the lady next to me, slower than I, did as well and in a split second I registered that the car in the cross traffic WASN’T slowing. I slammed my brake pedal to the floor, laid on my horn and started bawling my eyes out as the man in the intersection realized he almost killed me.
If the woman next to me had accelerated any faster, she could have been killed. If I had gone any faster, I would have been killed or seriously injured. I realized in that moment how fragile life is. I sobbed as I considered the possibilities but more, as I thanked God for protecting me in that moment and giving me a weird, small voice in my head telling me there was someone coming, and fast.
I am blessed. I am blessed with life. Blessed with opportunities, a wonderful family, amazing friends, so many people who love and support me. I’m blessed with the opportunity to go spread the Gospel to the nations and I’m thankful for life. I am thankful that God gives me another day every time I wake. Though that vehicle was merely inches or centimeters from slamming my front end, God had another plan.
A while back, I went to lunch with a friend of mine. Someone who has struggled with faith and relationship with Jesus. I shared some of my testimony and what the Lord was doing in my life in regards to the World Race. When I left lunch that day, I heard God speak. He said ‘I’m not done with you yet’. I knew He had big plans for me, one of them being the World Race. Today, I was again reminded of the fact that He isn’t done with me yet. I praise Him for giving me life, giving me breath and protecting me in everything I do. I am confident that as I go around the world this next year, I will have a bubble of protection around me as long as He still has plans for me, as He has always done in the past.
I ask you that you continue praying for the protection of my team and me as we leave the country in less than 1 week to go spread the Gospel. God isn’t done with me yet. I am Blessed Beyond all Measure.
