Pink Story: Trust

I was rescued from my dilemma of dealing with reality by a book I was reading called Jesus Calling by Sarah Young.  Here is what it said:

I am able to do far beyond all that you ask or imagine.  Come to Me with positive expectations, knowing that there is no limit to what I can accomplish.  Ask My Spirit to control your mind, so that you can think great thoughts of Me.  Do not be discouraged by the fact that many of your prayers are yet unanswered.  Time is a trainer, teaching you to wait upon Me, to trust Me in the dark.  The more extreme your circumstances, the more likely you are to see My Power and Glory at work in the situation.  Instead of letting difficulties draw you into worrying, try to view them as setting the scene for My glorious intervention.  Keep your eyes and your mind wide open to all that I am doing in your life.

I was amazed, and I surprised that I was amazed.  I knew I should have known better than that by now.  I’ve had a lot of experience watching God take care of my needs and issues in my life.  

He saved me from a potential life threatening car wreck when I was 17.  I was driving to school in my ‘71 Chevy Nova on icy roads.  I lived in a town north of Spokane, Washington and was used to the snow to the extent that I took my driving test in 6 inches of fresh snow on a day when everyone else canceled their test, and I passed.  

Approximately a half a mile from the school lies a rather steep hill.  I (after my year of driving experience) accelerated up the hill with my 350 big block engine.  The tail end of my Nova moved like a fish.  Using my great 17-year old wisdom, I did it again.  The car fishtailed again.  Since I learn so quickly, I accelerated one more time.  This time my blue Nova did a 180 and slid off the left side of the road, down a hill and into someone’s driveway.  In my state of shock, I opened the barbed wire gate that blocked my way, drove through, turned left and went to school.  I was shaken, but it wasn’t until my drive home after school that I realized what happened.  

I had already noticed that my license plate, which was nestled in the back window, flew onto the floor of the front seat.  I was thankful that I didn’t receive more of a jolt considering that my car didn’t have seat belts.  I searched the side of the road for the location where my car must have slid off. There was only one car sized opening along the road that didn’t have trees or steep cliffs, my car found it.  In any other spot I would have been seriously injured or dead.  I believed with all my heart that God allowed my car to go to that spot to save me.  He takes care of me and loves me.  

I knew during this difficult time He would take care of me just like He did then, it took much more mind power this time.  It took much more patience and waiting and trusting.  I knew He was faithful, I simply had to trust.