Letting me know he's there

This is gonna be a short post today. I'm feeling very lucky, very blessed, very thankful today. Let me tell you why. I was on my way to Aldi from the eye doctor, I was stopped at a light and it was bumper to bumper traffic. I  heard a crash behind me and the light turns green. The car behind me starts pulling over (as I started moving forward) and behind it was a red car with it's hood smashed up into the windshield. Not only was I lucky to have not been one car back, the car behind me that got hit, didn't inch forward at all, didn't hit me. In body I may have been the only one in that car to today, but someone else was with me.


My husband and I have decided it's time we start going to church as a family. My children need it, I need it; we all do. We've been writing down the names of the churches we would like to try. Making our rounds in a way. We want to try a few different ones before deciding where we would like to settle in to. This could be a long process, and a tough one at that. Maybe we aren't really prepared for it, but we want to try and we are willing to do so. My kids just completed 2 weeks of Bible school and with my son asking many questions about God we really want to get him into Sunday school and a children's worship service. We know what we are looking for, I just hope we find a church that fits us. My daughter may be a bit young to really grasp what she's learning, but she thoroughly enjoyed Bible school and singing.

So I can't help thinking that the decision and effort and steps we are taking toward finding a church family and introducing our kids to the Lord, I can't help thinking this is one reason God was with me today. I'm a Christian, I was saved, I believe in the Bible and I have faith, but I haven't been to a church since highschool. Does that make me un-Godly? No. I never forgot God was there, and I talk to him...maybe not everyday, and I know not nearly as much as I should be..but I know he's there and I am so forever thankful and feel wonderful to know there is a place for me in heaven. Perhaps God was just making sure I knew he was there. Maybe he just wanted to show how happy he is that my kids attended Bible school, and that we as a family intend on going to church regularly. Of course I know these things please Him, but maybe he was just making sure I knew? Whatever the reason, I am so very thankful for my God to have been with me today. How complicated things would have gotten had I been one car back, or hit in a chain-reaction. Praise the Lord.

While we are speaking of God...please if you would, say a prayer for my very dear friend whose daughter was born with some complications and has undergone her 3rd heart surgery yesterday. She is 2 years old. Pray the surgery went well and that her recovery is quick. I'm praying for you Dianne, Eric, Brandan an Ashlyn. May God give you strength and all the help you need during this time and for healing for you Ashlyn.