What do you do when things go all wrong

It was Saturday evening two days after Thanksgiving '06. Nancy and I were coming home from the church, I had something that I needed to get done before Sunday morning service.

Everything was going well until we got to the intersection of Ferry and Mission, we were waiting our turn for the light to turn green. I was getting more and more impatient waiting for those who were blocking the intersection to pass thru. I waited thru two green light cycles, of which I could not cross Mission due to rude people blocking my lane of travel because they would not stop on their side of the intersection when their light turned yellow. (I am a fairly patient person but there are times when I feel that I am dealt an unfair amount of rudeness , I come uncorked. )

Well I had enough so I thought if these jerks can block my lane of travel I will just go around them. I'll show them who they are dealing with. When I got to the east side of Mission the light had turned green for north bound traffic. I was where I should not have been. So as a result I caused an accident that nearly took Nancy's life and the life of a young child that was in the car that hit us.

I have never been so terrified or ashamed of my actions as I was that night. The Lord used that one incident to teach me a lesson of which I still struggle to make a passing grade. I have learned the concept, but have not mastered the technique. That is, that the Lord is in control of everything and if I try to force my way through then I am going to make one BIG mistake. I am lucky that nobody was hurt in that accident, as you can see from the picture above that the passenger side of our car was heavily damaged with a repair cost of $14,000.

Nancy didn't receive even a headache or scratch, she was covered in glass from the passenger window that shattered from the airbag, needless to say I did receive a nice ticket in the mail, which I paid thankfully. The people in the other car were extremely nice and were concerned about Nancy. I am one lucky fella. I guess I am telling this story just to satisfy my own need. To know that God really does care about us and will bless us if we let him and if we give him control of our lives. ===Skid===