My Monday morning was off to quite a jolt this morning as I was in a head-on collision with a BMW and - PRAISE GOD - I have NO injuries, just a broken car!
My first reaction to the lady who drove her car right into the front of me was
"Are you okay?"
Her response was,
"You shouldn't have been on your cell phone - you should have been paying attention!"
I told her "I indeed was paying attention...I had a GREEN light!" (I was on the phone with my eldest sister - she heard the whole crash - bless her heart!) By the way, in Pennsylvania it's not against the law to be on your cell phone.
The lady in the BMW claimed she had a green arrow to turn left. My word against hers. That just brought me to tears. She was clearly lying! I tried calling my hubby but he was at home with the kids and he was in the shower!!! Groan. I called the police and surprisingly someone had already phoned the police!
Three police cars and an ambulance came- I think there were some more people, too. I saw one guy with a bucket of kitty litter - I didn't know they use that stuff to cover up the glass and stuff...interesting. But, no passersby stopped.
When we drove our cars into a nearby grocery store parking lot, the male police officer spoke with me...he looked sooooo familiar...can you believe how God works??!?? The officer "happened" to be one of my classmates from Christian School!!!! He recognized me too then but commented that he couldn't be too friendly because he didn't want the lady to think he was being partial!
At this point, I was weepy...I mean, it's difficult to see someone driving right into you and breaking as hard as you can but being unable to avoid an accident. And, then when she lied about having a green arrow....that's when I broke down into tears.
That's when a dear lady from the school I work at drove over to where I was standing and gave me much encouragement! Her daughter recognized me and so her mom drove her to school and then she (the mom) drove back to me! How nice! A Christian sister in a time of need! Another Christian brother was driving his Lays Potato Chip truck into the grocery store parking lot where I was parked and gave me an encouraging wave, too! My hubby and our children drove to the scene and gave me their comfort, too. God is so good! Sending people just when I needed it!
Well, when the officers returned my insurance information and all that stuff, they said that the person who first phoned the accident into police was in the vehicle behind the BMW and said "The light was RED - the BMW was in the wrong!" Praise the LORD! The Truth had set me FREE! I'm so thankful!
The airbags didn't go off - I was going slow enough, I guess. But, right now my legs (calves) are hurting - I guess it's from breaking so hard. My stomach is a bit upset - but, as my sister so lovingly pointed out - I'm SO blessed that NO further damage occurred to my abs! Again, God is so good!
I'm taking the afternoon off to rest - emotionally and physically! I'm thinking the adrenaline has worn off! I'll close with the verse I read to my classes today - which was planned weeks ago - Psalm 46:1...so appropriate!
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
