A MIracle happened last week

Happy Shavuot,

As the title says, a miracle happened last week. I'm still not sure what happened or how it happened. Let me tell you what occurred.

I was on a on ramp going onto a state highway here in Central Iowa. Traffic is moving at normal highway speed, I'm accelerating to get to the highway speed of 65 mph. All of a sudden, this small blue car in front of me, slams on its brakes. We've seen internet videos where cars will slam on their brakes to cause an accident to get an insurance pay out but I never expected it to happen to me. I slammed on my brakes, managed to override the ABS system and lock up the tires. My car wasn't stopping. Just before impact, my steering wheel violently turns to the right and the next thing I know......I'm sitting on the shoulder of the road.

I look at the skid marks on the highway, there were no marks leading from the road to the shoulder. There is smoke coming off my back tires. I sat there for a bit trying to figure out what happened. I see the blue car still moving down the highway.....undamaged. My car....undamaged.

I said....."Father, thank you for saving me."

Had I hit that car, more than likely I would have been killed, the driver in the other car would have been seriously injured or killed as his car was smaller than mine.

I have replayed the events in my mind many times trying to understand what happened. But the only conclusion I can come up with is YHVH and/or some of his angels intervened.

When I pulled back onto the highway, I noticed a noise coming from my tires. I had flat spots on my tires from skidding. Great, hadn't planned on buying tires. Fortunately, I was able to get a set of good used tires and get them mounted for less than $300.

As we observe this high sabbath, thank our heavenly father for his protection.

Until next time,

Lori

Shield of Faith

Greetings and Happy Sabbath,

Let's finish up our Armor of God series.

Shield of Faith-

There are going to be times where we are tested by our faith and because of our faith.

We are to stand firm in our faith, even we are asked, "You don't believe that anymore do you? Yes, I do." Our faith is the foundation of our lives, everything we do we need to do for the glory of God (1 Cor. 10:31), even if it's changing a diaper, making dinner, doing our best at our jobs, doing volunteer work or being a shoulder to cry on.

Our faith gives us inner peace too. When life's trials come at us, wether we see them coming or we get blindsided with the worse case scenario and everything in between, we need to lean on God to help us thru those trials & tribulations.

We also need to be ready to talk about our faith, about God & about Yeshua. We need to talk about why we do what we do and that Yeshua didn't come to earth to teach a religion (which is a manmade concept) but a way of life, a relationship. That without him, our lives would be meaningless.

Our faith needs to be unshakeable. I struggled with my faith for over 4 years because of all the curveballs that were thrown my direction, especially after the death of my husband. The longer I struggled, the more trials that started and they didn't have an end in sight. Once I turned back to him, most of the trials ended, others ended after a little more struggle. Of course, there are still some trials leading up to the Spring and Fall festivals but hopefully the will be mild compared to what that final trial at the judgement seat could be.

So, are you standing firm or are you waveing?

Until next week,

Lori