A Christmas Miracle

December 25, 2012

Hey guys, I couldn't not share what happened to my mom and I last night. I realize some of you may not believe it, you will just have to take my word for it, because I know beyond a shadow of a doubt what I'm fixing to tell is true. There's no other way to explain it other than God gave us a Christmas miracle.

We were traveling along 117 North, going to Dublin to meet some friends at the movies, already having slightly hydroplaned a few times due to meeting people on the highway and it raining and I couldn't see the road very well, when we got to Caldwell. We were coming out of town, just getting to where the speed limit changes back to 45, when a car that is stopped at the stop sign pulls out in front of us, going straight across. We weren't even a 1/4 of a mile away when they pulled out, just a few hundred feet maybe. I slammed on brakes, knowing there wasn't anything I could do but that, and that we were surely going to t-bone this car, and yes, I'm human, I said sh*t before I realized it... Mama is looking down at her phone playing a game and didn't realize what was happening until I hit the brakes. When she looked up she started saying, "thank You Jesus!" over and over. We both braced for an impact that never came. We both KNEW we were going to hit this car, even as I turned the wheel to the left at the last second, there was no way humanly possible that we did not hit the car. I know that my Daddy was looking out for us last night because we went right through the back of it, not a scratch on us, only a little stiffness from tensing up. As we were skidding across the highway, we never hydroplaned (it was still raining pretty good),not even when I turned the wheel. I don't know if the car ever saw us, they never put on brakes or sped up.

Mama told me on the way home that she almost told me at 5pm that she wasn't going to go, but she never did because she just felt like she needed to be with me. I'm so glad she was, because had she not been with me I can't say that I would have been driving as carefully as I was, gotta take care of mama ya know :). All I could think when that car pulled out was that my mama was in the car with me and I didn't want anything to happen to her. You see, I've lost her briefly already when she fell dead in the foyer of my old church, and that is not a moment that I'm ready to face again anytime soon. Nobody can tell me that God isn't real and He doesn't love me or He doesn't perform miracles. He brought my mama back to life not just once, but twice, and not to mention all the countless other miracles He's performed in our lives, including last night.

I was sharing this with another friend of mine this morning (Casey Hutcheson), and this is the reply I got from her:
"Wow, I had a dream about a bad car crash just like that yesterday at about 6:15pm! In the crash I just knew I was going to hit the car coming at me, but I heard God say, "you're going to be ok." I tensed and braced for impact but then the other car never hit me and I couldn't figure out why it didn't. It was because I was in the shadow of the Almighty!" She then asked me what direction we were going and I told her north and she said that that was the direction she was traveling in her dream. I know God gave her that dream as confirmation to me that I'm not crazy, and that He was watching over us last night. Psalm 91:1 (AMP) says, "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty (Whose power no foe can withstand)".

Thank You Daddy for being with us last night, and always. Thank You for our Christmas miracle! I give You all honor and praise Daddy. I humbly bow down and give You ALL of me now and I ask You to use me in ways that I never imagined possible. Forgive me for those moments I miss Your still small voice, where I knew I should have said this or prayed that. Forgive me for all my disobedience, as I forgive myself for being disobedient to You. Teach me Holy Spirit, Your ways. Rise up in me as I've never allowed before, I giveYou permission. Thank You sweet Jesus for dying on the cross for us so that we can come and ask forgiveness and be forgiven. Thank You for taking on the sins of this world for us Jesus, You are so awesome and may I never forget that or take You for granted again. I love You so much! Love, a very grateful and humbled me...