Angelic Escort!

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What a difference a day makes!
In the midst of a hard time, God has once again proven His faithfulness!
All day long there were life lessons all around me. Moment by moment, God was not so subtley reminding me that He alone is sovereign and more importantly that He is invested in my well-being. Family, friends, kids, gifts, time and food, there was no mistaking His presence.

I will try and get to them all, but for now, I need to tell you about the end of today!

My story starts in the country. My father and step-mother live on a beautiful lake far away from the sights and sounds -and lights- of the city. There are no streetlights, and it is dark, the kind of dark that you only experience when camping.

Having had a amazing dinner and lots of laughs, it was later than I expected to leave. The drive home is about 45 minutes. Not being a nervous or timid driver, I knew I would be OK even though I was a little tired. I had a plan for staying awake! I took with me: some pop for the sugar, a bottle of water (providing just enough fluids to make me uncomfortable enough to stay awake), and the totally necessary MP3 player with my 259 favourite songs. So I was all set!! My father walked me to the car with his flashlight and off I went with "drive carefully and watch out for animals" echoing in my ears.

Here's where it gets interesting. The first 15 mintues is along dark, twisty narrow country roads with very few houses and the woods on both sides- I should mention that since hearing a certain scary campfire story, the woods at night gives me mild panic attacks! Along this road there are no street lights , and my father just moved there, it is not a trip that I have taking a lot. Oh and I forgot my cell phone at home! As I pulled away from the house, I took a deep breath and ventured into the darkness

I turned up the radio, opened the Coke and focused on the long grass beside the road willing all the cute little woodland creatures away from my tires! All was going well when..... silence........ that 3/4 full MP3 battery died! I thought I had an extra battery in my purse, so I pulled over and put on my 4-ways.

At that moment I was feeling about as vulnerable as I ever have. Here I was surrounded by darkness, in unfamilliar territory, knowing that an essential part of my plan had failed.

Being a tall woman (5'10") it is not very often that I feel physically vulnerable. In fact most of the time I am with smaller people and it feels like they look to me for strength. I have on occasion even placed myself between a smaller friend and a bigger man who might be an annoyance or pest. But there I sat, in my car in the dark, woods all around feeling completly ALONE. If I had been in the middle of the desert, ocean or deep space, I couldn't have felt more isolated!

I wasn't stopped for more than 30 seconds when I saw headlights in my rearview mirror. a HUGE white Excursion came alongside my car paused, determined I wasn't needing help, and then continued.

With the MP3 battery changed, I started up again. This time the lights of the truck were ahead of me. Those glowing red lights changed my whole perpective! To know that this massive truck was ahead meant that the threat of animals jumping in front of my car was lessened, I could see more of the road, and I knew that if needed help was close. What a difference it made! To be lead by a stronger and bigger vehicle! Then a crazy thought popped into my head- now don't laugh- I wondered if they were angels! I knew that even if they weren't angels, they were still sent from God.

We continued out to the main highway. Now even though this is a highway, it is still in the middle of nowhere, no lights and about 20 minutes from the nearest town. My angel truck was travelling in the same direction.

As soon and I turned onto the highway I noticed that there was another truck behind me. So here we were 3 vehicles, in the country travelling close enough to be a caravan. As I drove I realized that I felt EVEN SAFER with a car behind me than I had with the car ahead!! Again as a single girl, sometimes I forget what it feels like when someone has your back!

Along we drove, me in the middle and 2 trucks full of angels ahead and behind!!! In the space of about 6 minutes I had gone from scared, nervous, white-knuckled driver alone on the planet, to relaxed, escorted royalty!! What a feeling!!!

As we neared town with the comforting glow of streetlights and Tim Hortons, the truck a head of me turned off. But that was OK since I had driven the next stretch of road many times. The truck behind me stayed right with me. When I passed a car, it would pass. When I slowed it would slow, even though he had many opportunities to pass me, he didn't budge. It felt as though I had a bodyguard, and knowing I was protected, gave me the courage to lead the pack!!

Were there angels in those trucks? I don't know. What I DO know though, is that God is concerned enough about me that if I needed them, He is ABLE and more importantly WILLING to protect and lead me out of any situation!! By the way... if He is willing to do it for me He is DEFINATLY willing to do it for you too!