I am constantly amazed by God's power and watch-care over me in spite of me. Yesterday evening I was driving over to Michael's to buy some yarn. As I came to an intersection, I noticed some sheriffs directing traffic. I remembered that there was a brush fire near there so when it was my turn to go through the intersection I looked over to see if I could see any smoke or flames. I didn't notice that a sheriff had stopped the car in front of me until I looked back to find myself facing the bumper of the car. I slammed on the brakes, but couldn't stop in time. The sheriff instructed both of us to pull through the intersection and park on the grass. I got out of the car shaking and scared of what I would find. I looked at my front bumper and the back bumper of the other car, but couldn't find one scratch or ding! I was so relieved! I rushed over to the other car to make sure everyone was safe. The driver couldn't have been nicer about it all. She assured me that they were all OK. She looked at me kind of funny when I said that our angels were watching over us. Then the sheriff came over to talk to us. He let us both go after he had given me a Barney Fife lecture on paying attention to what's going on in front of me. I got to thinking that this situation is like my relationship with God. If I look ahead at Him I'm in good shape. He leads me and helps me around the potholes and traffic jams of life. If I look around me and get distracted, I get in trouble and "accidents" happen. God is good!
