The day after Thanksgiving, Jarrod and I met up with his sister, mom, and step dad to have lunch. After lunch we took his sister and mom to see our land. His sister lives in Oregon and hadn't seen it in person yet.
We stopped by Starbucks of course and made the 20 minute drive out there. Jarrod stopped to put the truck in 4 wheel drive so we could drive onto our untamed land and show his sister where we hope to build our home.
As we rolled out of our land, Jarrod stopped to take the truck out of 4 wheel drive and we started the trek back home. We turn the corner of our one lane dirt road and see a vehicle of some kind hidden by 2 round bales of hay coming QUICKLY down the hill of the dirt road. The hay bales are so high that the driver clearly cannot see us. By the grace of God, Jarrod slams the truck into reverse and Lynde (his sister) is yelling, "honk the horn!!!!!" Jarrod drives in reverse going 30 mph on this curvy dirt road honking his horn and he still does not see us. At this point, I've done the math and it's clear that if two objects are traveling at this rate and one has 2 bales of hay with a tractor hauling it, we gunna die. I wish I could say I prayed my heart out and thought of all the people I loved but really I was just frozen with fear. I didn't know if I should open my door and roll out, jump in the backseat to avoid impact, or just accept my death. So naturally, I accepted my death as final and waited for impact. When all of a sudden Jarrod pulls the truck as far over into the bar ditch as it will go and the tractor with hay brushes past us and keeps going. He finally stopped down the road a bit I guess when he realized what just happened but we kept driving, in shock.
We went down to my dad's land and Jarrod and Lynde got out to check the truck. Not a scratch. Lynde is laughing hysterically and I'm balling my eyes out from fear. His mom is texting the boss of the tractor driver (small towns...) and Jarrod is behind the tack room going potty. Lol.
What. The. Heck?! I just escaped death for at least the second time in my life and I'm not real sure why. I'm voicing this to Jarrod and he says, "well, we obviously have unfinished business here on earth that God wants us to take care of." I asked him what he was thinking in those moments and he said he remembered our prophetic words for our ministry and that it wasn't our time because none of it has happened yet.
I was so blown away by this. I never even thought of that. We spend our days doing whatever God wants us to do and talking to people he wants us to encounter but I forget that he has a specific plan he wants us to complete. God stood in the way of the enemy for US. To protect all 4 of us from a gory death. He put his hand up to evil and said, "no way!"
I feel so humbled by this experience. I've realized how special each day is and how important His daily tasks for us are. I feel so blessed to be spared what could have either been permanent injury or death (death I am not afraid of because I know where I am going but I definitely don't want to die before I finish what God has asked me to do). I feel loved because he saved us.
Please don't wait for an experience like this to make you realize what you have as a child of God. Remind yourself of his love for you and ask him what he wants you to do today. And don't wait or hesitate to do it!
We stopped by Starbucks of course and made the 20 minute drive out there. Jarrod stopped to put the truck in 4 wheel drive so we could drive onto our untamed land and show his sister where we hope to build our home.
As we rolled out of our land, Jarrod stopped to take the truck out of 4 wheel drive and we started the trek back home. We turn the corner of our one lane dirt road and see a vehicle of some kind hidden by 2 round bales of hay coming QUICKLY down the hill of the dirt road. The hay bales are so high that the driver clearly cannot see us. By the grace of God, Jarrod slams the truck into reverse and Lynde (his sister) is yelling, "honk the horn!!!!!" Jarrod drives in reverse going 30 mph on this curvy dirt road honking his horn and he still does not see us. At this point, I've done the math and it's clear that if two objects are traveling at this rate and one has 2 bales of hay with a tractor hauling it, we gunna die. I wish I could say I prayed my heart out and thought of all the people I loved but really I was just frozen with fear. I didn't know if I should open my door and roll out, jump in the backseat to avoid impact, or just accept my death. So naturally, I accepted my death as final and waited for impact. When all of a sudden Jarrod pulls the truck as far over into the bar ditch as it will go and the tractor with hay brushes past us and keeps going. He finally stopped down the road a bit I guess when he realized what just happened but we kept driving, in shock.
We went down to my dad's land and Jarrod and Lynde got out to check the truck. Not a scratch. Lynde is laughing hysterically and I'm balling my eyes out from fear. His mom is texting the boss of the tractor driver (small towns...) and Jarrod is behind the tack room going potty. Lol.
What. The. Heck?! I just escaped death for at least the second time in my life and I'm not real sure why. I'm voicing this to Jarrod and he says, "well, we obviously have unfinished business here on earth that God wants us to take care of." I asked him what he was thinking in those moments and he said he remembered our prophetic words for our ministry and that it wasn't our time because none of it has happened yet.
I was so blown away by this. I never even thought of that. We spend our days doing whatever God wants us to do and talking to people he wants us to encounter but I forget that he has a specific plan he wants us to complete. God stood in the way of the enemy for US. To protect all 4 of us from a gory death. He put his hand up to evil and said, "no way!"
I feel so humbled by this experience. I've realized how special each day is and how important His daily tasks for us are. I feel so blessed to be spared what could have either been permanent injury or death (death I am not afraid of because I know where I am going but I definitely don't want to die before I finish what God has asked me to do). I feel loved because he saved us.
Please don't wait for an experience like this to make you realize what you have as a child of God. Remind yourself of his love for you and ask him what he wants you to do today. And don't wait or hesitate to do it!
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