That's just the front left side of the car. But, yes, I had an accident. I fell asleep at the wheel on I-294 South of Chicago, cruise control set at 65 mph and fell asleep. Praise the Lord no one was injured (my son Skyler and daughter Kristina were in the car with me). Also praise the Lord that I didn't hit anyone else.
Now, back to Elder Joe . . . "Joe, I got the call from the rental car company this morning. They said I will be charged $6,000." I confessed to Joe that I was feeling terrible, guilty, depressed, down on myself, and felt like I have brought financial ruin onto my family.
Joe is a great elder and after some words of encouragement he took me to the scripture and reminded me that there is a purpose in everything. I need to look for the purpose and trust God. And then he prayed for me. I don't really remember the words of his prayer but I know I cried.
My wife Annie is praying for me also. And only today did I begin to pray for myself.
There are no accidents in life. But I had an accident and accidents happen. Now I have to find out what the purpose is in all of this so that I can indeed begin to move away from ταράσσω and toward πιστεύετε. I want to not have my heart be troubled, but I want to trust in Jesus in all situations. I'm not there yet, believe me. I'm still on a journey. I feel like I have a long way to go. It's tempting to wallow in guilt and self-condemnation. ($6,000 !!!!!). But that will do me no good. It never does. The only good that can come out of this is to trust and believe Jesus in and through it all.
It might also help if I get plenty of rest so that I don't fall asleep while driving.
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