Praise God

I know it's been over 2 months since I've updated this thing, but I thought this was worthwhile.

Last Friday, my family left for vacation to New Jersey. About 5 hours into the trip in Ohio, they ran into some traffic from an accident on the interstate and were at a standstill. Apparently a semi behind them didn't notice that everyone was stopped and plowed right into the back of our van. The van was totaled, but miraculously no one was hurt. Since they were driving 16 hours, they took the middle seat out for the TV and the xbox, and Jack and Amy were sitting in the very back seat. My brother blacked out for about 5 seconds, the TV flew around and broke, and everyone has a sore neck. But everyone walked away! Praise God.

There were so many things I've thought about since I heard this. Usually I'm in the back seat by myself on family vacations, but work didn't allow me to go this year. Usually Ross has his bike strapped to the back of the van (which would cause even more damage), but this year he took it apart and put it inside.

We talked about suffering a couple weeks ago at church. People ask, "why does God allow people to suffer?," and "why doesn't God keep things from happening?" One of the things that stuck with me the most was wisdom from a 12-year-old girl in the youth group, who said, "God doesn't stop everything from happening, but think about all the things He does stop that you don't even realize."

God was definitely watching over my family last Friday. He is good!