*Life is Precious*

I wake up every morning and never have the idea that something is going to go really wrong. But the reality of the situation is, this world is broken, and each day brings possibilities of tragedy into our lives. Luckily the tragedy I speak of today is not monumental, but it was bad enough to make me think.

I was about to go to an educational meeting when my phone rang and it was Kate panicking on the other side. It's hard to put into words what my body did at that point, but it felt like my heart sank to the ground. My heart started pounding and everything went a little blurry. I tried not to freak out, but the panic in her voice made me start to panic as well. She said that she'd been in a bad car accident and she needed me to come get her. Of course I told my group that I had to go and I ran as fast as I could to my car, with so many emotions running through my head. I didn't know at this point what exactly had happened. All I knew was that she'd been in a wreck and she was really shaken up. I knew the general area of where her car was, so I went to look for it as quickly as I could. Searching everywhere to see if I could find her was a horrible feeling. I didn't know what to expect, and my mind raced to so many places. My hands were shaking on the wheel, and I tried to compose myself to be the stronger person. I finally saw a bunch of police cars, and kate's poor totaled car. I pulled up and literally ran up to her. We hugged so tight, and I was glad to see she was okay. The airbags burnt her arm, but other than that she was okay. It was seriously a miracle! Her car had filled up with smoke, and it was smooshed completely. As we were hugging cars would drive by and pieces of her car would hit me in the leg.That is not something that we both planned on this morning, but either way, it did.

I know we all have to learn this lesson over and over again, but life really is precious. We can be here one second, and gone the next. Nobody wakes up and thinks "I'm gonna die a horrific death today!" No! Most of the people are ones who didn't see it coming. We need to be extremely careful on the road! We are NOT invincible!!! I am so thankful to the Lord for sparing her life, and helping everyone to be okay. But I know that if He didn't,He would have a plan. We need to trust God even when horrible things happen. There are opportunities in every loss, and in every heartache. God has great things in store, even through the bad. We need to look for the opportunities we will get through this situation. Bad things happen, but they can have more than negative outcomes. God can do wonderful things through trauma in our life. And it makes me wonder to myself if I could trust Him if something REALLY bad did happened. I hope that I get to a place in my walk with the Lord that I could. God is GOOD.And He is good whether He would of allowed Kate this blessing of being okay, or if He would allowed it to end much worse. And it might sound crazy to say that, but He is completely good. He is up for our good no matter what!!! I am VERY VERY VERY thankful that nothing truly horrible happened today. He has taught me lessons through this heartache already. See? Good is already coming from it.