| Hey everybody. I just had to share with you all how the Lord proected me, my sisters and my cousins this week. It is nothing short of the hand of the Lord keeping us from danger. My cousin, Angie, her husband, and their baby live in England. They wanted me. Rebecca adn Emily to come and visit them in England, so we planned to go with Angie's sister, Lisa. Everything was set up for us to fly out on July 4th. Well, our Grandma died on June 23 and her funeral was on the 27th (on week before we were supposed to leave for England.) As Lisa was driving to Grandma's funeral her car hydroplaned, she hit a rock wall, her car flipped and she had to be airlifted to UK Hospital (University of Kentucky, not United Kingdom :) ). She didn't have any really serious injuries but she scraped her face and left hand very badly. The doctors thought that she possibly might have had a skull fracture but she turned out to be Ok. However, she was hurt bad enough that there was no way she could go to England with us in a week. So, the England trip was postponed. We all said, "well, maybe is was for a reason that we didn't get to go". We also were thanking God that Lisa was going to be OK. SOOOO.....that brings me to yesterday. As I was getting ready for work my Aunt called and told us that London, England had been bombed and that Lisa's wreck happened for a reason. My heart started beating fast and I just knelt down at the couch and all I Could say was "Thank You Lord" over and over. But that's not even the most amazing part of it. Angie emailed my yesterday and told me about the bombings. She said that she had planned for us to go into London yesterday to watch a play in the theater...we were going to ride the subway, and the station where we would have arrived in London was one of the stations that was bombed... This is nothing short of God's protecting hand on our lives. Angie said her first words after hearing about the bombings were "Thank You God that the girls didn't come this week as planned!" I felt thankful and numb all day long yesterday. I thought. "What are the chances of the one time you and your sisters are supposed to go around the world, that the exact place in the world that you were going to be gets bombed?" I am in awe of God's divine knowledge and power and how much He loves and cares for us. Why I ever worry about anything in my life I don't know, because look how much God has us in His hand. Our God is so big and He is in control of everything!! I could never praise Him enough! Words can't express how I feel. What we thought was a tragedy (Lisa getting in a wreck on her way to her Greandma's funeral) turned into an awesome blessing that probably saved all our lives and/or kept us out of all the horror and chaos that occurred around the world. Also, some of you may have seen Hazard news last night at 11:00. Angie was on the news by phone and telling about how here sister and three cousins were supposed to come visit here in England but her sister was in a car wreck. That was us. It really hits home and makes you realize how frail we are when you see on the news this chaos that is going on that God spared you from. WOW!!!!!!! I just had to testify of this amazing thing God has done for my sisters, my cousins, and I. He knows all. Know that God has your life in His hands if you let Him have it! Thank you JESUS! I love you with all my heart!! With a thankful heart. Amber |
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