Trust in the Lord

I'm a salesman and it requires a bit of windshield time. Today I was driving back from visiting a customer about three hours north of me. I was on a four lane divided highway and just starting the drive back home.

A Jeep Wagoneer passed me on the left and I saw the rear passenger tire kick up something. Now in slow motion I watch this object flip over and over and into my lane. I was just hanging up my cell phone when it hit the windshield. I instantly put my free arm up to cover my face. Glass then showered the cab of the company truck I was driving.

I pulled over to survey the damage. The object had not come all the way through the windshield but there were several new cracks and a hole. I looked on the hood and the object was still sitting there. It looked to be a section of a large concrete cutter blade. Needless to say it was sharp and had no problem slicing the windshield. Wow.

I first wanted to contemplate the closeness of sever injury and how I narrowly escaped death. But then I simply thanked God for always taking care of me. Sometimes you just have to trust in God to take care of you regardless of the outside circumstances. Know that in death comes our greatest reward and in life, our greatest task. In all, we are to trust in God to care for us. Think of Daniel or Job. They both had to come to this realization.

2Sa 22:3
(3) The God who is my Rock, in Him will I trust. He is my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower, and my Refuge, my Savior. You save me from violence.

In Christ

Tearing Them Down

I have been reading through the book of Job. I am about halfway through. Basically it's about a man, Job, and the testing of his faith of God. Job was a righteous man, and had a comfortable life. God allows Satan to take it away from Job, to prove his faith.

Job loses his family, friends, health, basically his life. But Job has these three counselors. These counselors, in trying to help Job, insult him by insinuating that Job is getting what he deserves. They accuse Job of having sin and Job accuses them of simply tearing him down further. Job gets in this huge debate with them and the arguments get more inflammatory as they go.

Well, let me give a huge I'M SORRY to anyone who I have tried to make feel better but only made things worse. I could have listened to Job and just been silent. I have struggled with this very issue in the past. Sometimes I have acted as if I had all the answers and had an opinion about everything. Typically I make things worse. Well, more often than not, I should just keep my mouth shut.

Instead of trying to give wisdom, or talking on God's behalf, how about giving a hug, or saying we understand their frustration.

In Christ