Rain and Traffic

 

I was coming home from visiting my granddaughter in N. Myrtle Beach late Thursday night, and it had rained all day.  964 miles of rain, rain, rain.  But, the cops can’t shoot radar in the rain, so it was a good trip.  But that allowed me to drive a little faster than I should have … in rainy conditions.  It was dark, on the way home, and I was just passing I-285 on I-75 when the Google maps lady said, “Water on the road ahead.”  I saw brake lights, so I gently applied my brakes.  And at that moment, a car on my left went through a puddle, spun around, and pushed the car in front of him into the median concrete wall.  The car to my right locked his brakes and slid.  I continued pressing my brakes and went right between the mess.  As I slowed behind the traffic and continued home, I reflected.  I was grateful for good tires, for good brakes, and for the good Lord’s guiding hand … not in that order.  I know that these verses were written about Jesus as He confronted Satan, but they applied to me Thursday night: Luke 4:10&11, “For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.”  Thank you, Lord, for watching over me each day, is my prayer.