Life is a GIft

I have two pretty valid excuses for why it has taken me so long to write a new post: We have a TON of people here this week, including the church who donated all of the money to refurbish our center (and because of them, our CEO is also here to shmooze..) AND my computer broke. Since I'm now using a loaner computer from one of my staffers with a space bar that requires much force to use, I'll be pretty brief.

The story of my computer is sad and uninteresting, but it is related to a more interesting yet more terrifying story of my recent car crash. Driving home from Beckley where I had gone in an effort to fix my computer (all on my day-off), I had a most frightening driving experience. Thankfully, there were no other people, cars, or animals involved--just me and a very, VERY well-made guardrail. I am perfectly fine (incidentally, seatbelts are nifty inventions) and my car sustained very minor damage (also bumpers are great, too). I learned two pretty big lessons from this, my first big accident:

1. Drive slower
2. Life is pretty special

I hate to be dramatic and talk about how "life flashed before my eyes" but there was a split second where I was pretty convinced I was going to break through the rail and go over the cliff. All I thought was how it was an awful place for one of those road-side crosses to be and how sad my parents were going to feel. Morbid enough for anyone?

Since I am alive and here to write this blog (which is no doubt about to cause my Nana a partial heart attack), I have to believe that some kind of force kept me on the road and safe. I realize, too, that everyone is kept safe each day, most in much less obvious situations. Every day we wake up is another day we've been given to do something great. It's pretty awesome to know that God knows best and will give us enough time to accomplish lots of amazing things for Him. I'm going to work really hard to make it so that the next time (which will hopefully not be soon) it seems like I'm at the end of my life, I can know that I've used it well.

To recap: I am OKAY, just feeling very blessed to be able to do more great works.

"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38-39