Jason was in a car accident while driving back from visiting his brother. Instead of me trying to tell what happened this is part of an email he composed.....
"So basically what happened...I had driven to Camp Lejeune, NC this weekend to visit my younger brother who is about to deploy ......... After a good but short visit, I headed back to Savannah this afternoon and in Wilmington, NC I was heading down a sharp-curved exit ramp, somehow drove off the left shoulder, and lost control of the truck. Though I tried to regain control the back end got loose and started to skid and then it flipped on the driver side and slid down the highway for about 20 feet before finally coming to rest on its roof on the opposite shoulder. I was wearing my seatbelt and after releasing it was able to somehow extract myself through the passenger side door. Thankfully, my only injury was a long deep gash along my left arm above and below the elbow and some road rash on my shoulder where my arm must have scraped along the road through the broken window as the truck slid on its side. Several motorists quickly came to my aid and helped to bandage my arm, call 911, and retrieve items (such as my laptop and phone) from my crumpled truck. As I sat on the ground next to the truck assessing myself and trying to figure out what just happened, the primary thought going through my head was, "Thank you, God!" Lea and I not too long ago came to realize that everything happens for a reason and that NOTHING happens by coincidence but is allowed to happen for His purpose. As I sat there waiting on the ambulance, I overheard several people make comments like, "somebody was watching out for you" or "it just wasn't your time" and it occured to me that God had just spared me and has allowed me to be here because He has a purpose for me. It is only by His grace that I am not injured more seriously or even dead now. My goal from this point on is to put into practice the things that He has been teaching me over the past month or so during this transition and not to allow fear or time or selfishness or anything to hinder His purpose for me...which is really, in essence, the same purpose He has for all of us....to know HIM and to make HIM known!"
The above picture was taken by a paramedic still at the scene, as well as the below picture.
" I've heard people say that they will make things right on their death bed or when they are older or after they have experienced a few more things. Friends, let me tell you that I KNOW I am saved and in WHOM I believe, but as the truck started to flip today, my thoughts were honestly not immediately on things of God. The first thoughts going through my head were, "How is this happening?"..."This can't be happening?"..."I can't stop this."...and then as the truck came to a stop and the windshield buckled under the weight, "I'm about to be crushed...got to get out!" Simply put, if I had been one of those who put God off and felt like I had plenty of time, there was no time to repent and put my trust in Jesus while that was happening. It would have been....TOO LATE. The Bible says, TODAY is the the day of salvation and it is appointed unto man to die once and afterward to face judgement. Salvation can only be found by repenting of your sins and putting your faith in Jesus Christ that His death was payment in our place."
"The other thing that has been impressed upon me today is that God is truly in control. You can imagine the sense of complete helplessness I felt as the truck flipped out of my control, having to rely on complete strangers to help me in an unknown city, and knowing that the closest acquantance was over an hour away. But through it all, I will trust Him for only He knows all things and holds the span of my life in His hands. Some may look at this situation and be mad at God for letting it happen but I know that the rain falls on the just and the unjust alike and it is a gift from God that I sit here alive and in one piece now. As Job said, though he may slay me, yet I will put my hope in him."
So I know I cheated by using Jason's words but he does such a great job writing and everything he said was so so true!! That day that all this happened was such a blur. I had gone to church and come home with the boys and Blake ended up sick and throwing up and then to have Jason call with this news. To say I felt so totally helpless is an understatement. He was over 12 hours away and I knew he was okay but I couldn't even get to him and hug him. To think of what could have happened is chilling. His only injuries were to his left arm where it scrapped the road and had a pretty bad gash on his elbow. (I was able to remove the stitches when he came home for a visit, that was pretty cool!)
THANK YOU GOD for giving us more days with Jason!!! Thank you God for always watching out for us, even if things happen that we didn't want to happen or we see as set backs, God is always watching out for us. It is up to us how we use each situation.
2 comments:
Well said by Jason. And wow is all I can say after looking at those pictures. It's a good thing you heard about it from him and knew he was okay before you saw those pictures!
It truly was a miracle that Jason was spared. His faith is God is a wondeful thing.
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