In a Flash

Yesterday as I was driving to work, a white van crossed the centerline and headed straight for me. I slammed on the brakes and hit the horn. The driver swerved at the last moment and missed me.

My first reaction was to praise God! The events happened so quickly that I didn’t have much time to react. With a head-on crash there would have been a good chance of serious injury or death. But I felt like God’s protecting hands were around me.

My life did not flash before my eyes, but I was very conscious of my own mortality. Some day God will call me home – maybe suddenly, maybe not. But such events remind me of the importance of maintaining a close relationship with God.