When God tells you something once He means it, but when He tells you the same thing through various different people you know that He REALLY means it. What is it that God has been telling me? Simply to rest.
After this weekend of excitement and fun He has spoken volumes to me that it is time to be still. It happens in strange ways. We left New York yesterday and headed off to Niagara Falls. Nicole, Jordan, Jared, and I set out on the great adventure of going to Canada, only to be shot down by the border guards sending us back(it's not a wise choice to leave your ID in your bag in the car-you kind of need it:) Anyways we took amazing pictures, breathed in the misty air and listened to the roar of the powerful falls. By the time we left it was around 5pm-not a smart idea when your next destination is roughly ten hours away. The were a few bumps in the road-literally, that make me realize that He has been telling me to rest. I have never been in a car accident until now. It wasn't a big accident but I was the one driving and it was terrifying. Coming onto the on ramp from the interstate a woman had rammed into a light pole that crashed down, apparently a man driving an SUV did not see it until he had to swerve over to the concrete wall to stop(he was not injured nor did he run into the wall) This all happened just minutes apart from each other, maybe even seconds. I was coming from 290 to Ogden when I hit the pole lying on the ground. It sent the car straight forward and we literally jumped it and landed on the other side with 3 tires blown and all the rims shot. It was a miracle and absolutely God that we did not swerve and clip the pole and flip. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. We all came out un-hurt and safe.
Now it is a time for rest, God has been trying to get me to and finally He has grabbed my attention.
All who are thirsty
All who are weak
Come to the fountain
Dip your heart in the stream of life
Let the pain and the sorrow
Be washed away
In the waves of his mercy
As deep cries out to deep, we sing
Come Lord Jesus come
Pray that it will be a sweet time, that I will just rest in His presence.
Om my goodness, Libby! I'm so thankful to God none of you were hurt! Wow, that must have been scary! I hope you guys had a good time in New York...<3 Amanda