Ever been the right person at the right time?
I was involved in a fairly major fender bender just the other night. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt. From the looks of the damage.. you would have expected much more than the resulting soreness and stiffness.
Having approached a stop light, I was crashed into from behind. The other driver was young, distracted.. and driving too fast to stop.
“Typical”! “Well, there you go..” have been the responses to the story from others. Is that the expectation level we want to set for our teens?
My youngest is approaching 16… fast. She is a good girl, doing well in school and wants her freedom so bad she can taste it. But, I’ve been reluctant to even let her take drivers ed; much less get licensed and start driving a car. She simply has not shown the maturity or ability to handle responsibility enough, to for me to put her behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.
Bear with me while I throw in my 2 cents here… I think it is wrong for schools to throw 9th graders in with 10th-12th graders; and I don’t think a license to drive should be dicated by age.
But back to my initial point.. Being in the right place at the right time. The lady who stopped to render aid, was behind me when this little gal slammed into my car. She saw the whole thing.. Had she not been there, I could not have even identified the car that hit me; except for all the passers by, who were pointing her out. She dissappeared as quickly as she hit me; and continued to move away from the accident scene, until her car died down the road.
Seeing that girl reminded the lady who witnessed the accident, of her own reckless behavior when she was 16. Her parents had actually taken her car away from her, she said. She had the opportunity to speak with the mother of that teen and there is no doubt in my mind; that God placed her there for that very reason.
I didn’t hear the conversation, but I know the girl’s mother was frustrated, just from remarks made at the scene. This witness had a heart for the girl; and words of truth and encouragement for her mom. A divine appointment, indeed.
I love when I get to witness God’s divine plan in action. I love the way he brings people into our lives at just the right moment, to deliver his message to us. A message that administers hope and illuminates truth.
I hope someone is in the right place at the right time, with just the words you need to hear today. And I hope God uses you and me in that same way, today… everyday.
What could be better?
