Today was an amazing day, and an absolutely horrific day for me. My wonderful step dad bought me my first car today (a 2003 green Honda Element) & I was definitely excited to drive it home. But when we were headed on the interstate, it started acting up on me. So we pulled over, and switched vehicles. I drove his truck home, and he drove my Honda to the shop to get fixed up.
So around 4:30 I got home and started getting ready for work. I left the house around 5:10 or so, and decided to stop by McDonalds to get dinner because I hadn't eaten anything besides cereal this morning. So, I got my fries & got back on the interstate. I got off at exit 49, Concord Mills Blvd, and pulled up to the stop light about to turn right on Speedway. As the light turn green, and I turned that corner, something life changing happened in that moment.
Like I said, I was driving my step dads truck to work, and today was only my FIRST day driving it: so I wasnt completely used to it yet. I had the truck in 4 wheel drive ... mistake. I gased it around the corner, tapping the gas slightly to hard, and the wheels locked and I completely spun in circles: only two, but that was enough to scare the snot out of me.
I sat there in the truck, in the middle of a lane, because I couldnt move. My body wouldnt move, and the truck wouldnt move. A woman, one of the nicest woman I've ever met, stopped and helped me call the police, my parents, and helped me get the car moving so I could get out of the middle of the road.
I honestly can say, it was traumatic and life changing. Every inch of me was shaking, and I could not stop crying. She stayed with me until my step dad got there, and she told me she would pray for me: and that meant the most to me of anything.
It still just slips my mind how blessed I am, that God saved me in that moment. I kept thinking to myself: "What if someone would have hit my door?" "What if I would have flipped the truck?" & the scariest one to me: "What if I would have flipped over the overpass?"
God saved me, and I cant thank him enough for this one ... I owe him, major.
"Our God is greater, our God is stronger, God You are higher than any other" - Chris Tomlin.
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