It was a sunny but cold Winter day
here in the mountains where I live. I was driving home along the clear, dry
roads. The last snow had been over a week ago but down the sides of the hills
lining the highway the huge walls of ice were still melting. As I started to
round a particularly sharp curve I noticed that a large chunk of this ice had
broken off and fallen into the road. I was bearing down on it fast.
Instinctively I braked and quickly steered my car to the other lane to miss it.
Just as I did, however, I noticed something else. A small, black dog was walking
in my former lane just beyond where the ice had fallen. If I had still been in
that lane I would have surely hit him. Slowing down I honked my horn. The
startled pooch looked at me for a moment and then ran off the road and into the
safety of the woods.
I pulled over to a wide spot and parked. Then I
quickly walked back to the large chunk of ice and moved it off the road so no
one would hit it. As I walked back to my car I looked up at the sky. The clouds
had just parted again to allow the sun to shine through. I smiled and thanked
God for putting that ice chunk just where it needed to be to keep me from
hitting that little dog.
As I continued driving home I started thinking of all
the times that God in His infinite love must have redirected traffic in my own
life. How many times had I been the foolish dog walking into traffic only to
have God redirect things so I wouldn’t be run over? How many times had God
spared me the full consequences of my own stupidity? How many times had God
given me another chance to find my way back to the right path without being
hurt?
God loves us all so much. He watches over us, guides
us, and protects us more than we know.
Let’s do our best then to make His job easier. Let’s
live wisely, love deeply, and choose daily to be His Children. Let’s take His
hand and joyfully walk with Him forever.
Joseph J. Mazzella joemazzella@frontier.com
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