Protected from Injury

By Kim DeSelms

     On August 29^th, 2014, God saved my life.  As I was driving to school I wrecked my car.  I was listening to a class from a Reunion, and I was so focused on what the speaker was saying that I wasn’t paying attention to the mile markers.  I noticed too late that I was at the exit I needed, and I made the split-second decision to try to make the exit anyway – trying to slow down from seventy miles per hour.  The steering wheel stopped responding and I ended up going through the exit sign, crossing both lanes on I-70, hitting the wired median, and bouncing back across I-70 and the exit ramp.  Even though I totaled my car that day, I was so blessed because:

     1. The only harm that came to me from the wreck was a small scratch from where the airbag hit my arms.

     2. I crossed I-70 twice without being hit by oncoming traffic on Labor Day Weekend.  A large number of the cars that travel I-70 and were on the road that day were truckers.  If I had been hit, I’m sure that I would have been badly injured, or died.

     3. When my car came to a stop, it didn’t slam to a stop, like it should have.  Instead, it coasted to a gentle stop.

     4. The sign didn’t go through my windshield, and the windshield didn’t shatter when the airbags deployed.  The state trooper who documented the accident said that he was surprised that the windshield wasn’t broken when the airbags deployed, because it usually is.

     5. Many people were kind enough to stop to make sure I was okay.

     6. Three state troopers showed up to the accident, but the one who stayed was the first one who showed up.  This was a blessing because the other ones didn’t seem very friendly, and the one who stayed was very kind throughout the whole process.

     7. My brother Chris was able to pick me up after the car was towed.

     8. The wreck happened before the weekend, so there was time to sort out the issues.  Plus, my dad had a spare care that I could drive while the other car was being repaired.

     9.  God saw fit to protect me, and ensured that no harm came to me.

     I could go on and on about how God blessed me that day, even though the situation that required the blessings wasn’t very good.  I know that there is no other explanation for how I blessed I was that day, and the great protection I received, other than that God protected me.