Surprise

Today I got a text message from my old friend Anna whom I haven't spoken to (really) in about 2 years. There have been a couple of times when we have shared a brief conversation about my hair or an email about a job for my mom, but our friendship has never been the same. Ever since Monike told her that she was pregnant at my house and she basically attacked her. I had to fight her off and threaten to call the police. It was emotionally and physically exhausting and we were never really friends after that. She stopped going to church and we just basically stopped talking. Monike's baby (Ellena) just turned two.

Well, I guess Monike told her about my car accident on Saturday morning. So she texted me today to ask how my ankle was. (No broken bones, just a sprain, bruises and soreness.) I texted her back to say that I was ok, wearing a brace and it was getting better, but that my car may be totaled. A few minutes later, she called to ask me what happened. It wasn't my fault, the girl turned into me. I trust that the Lord works everything together for me. I still owe on the car so there's that. Strangely, just the night before the accident I was telling two friends from church that I thought I needed a new car since mine was acting up with the high idle that I just had repaired. And then the next day, someone crashes into me. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise.

I was on my way (headed east) to pick up my grandparents for prayer when a Hundai pulled out (on my right headed west) and was headed right for me. I tried swerving to the left side but there were two parked cars. I honked and put in the brakes but could only brace myself. Both of my airbags deployed and I was then slowing rolling over to the left hand side of the street to get out of the middle of it, but there was a trash bin on the left as well. The smell of the airbags smoke was terrible. I immediately looked for my purse and phone and called my mom. I told her I was in an accident and asked if she and Chris could come. I had already jumped out of the car limping becuase of a sore ankle. Then I called my cousin Marissa to tell her that I wasn't gonna be able to pick up grandma and grandpa for church because of the accident. She asked where I was and said she'd be right there. I was hobbling towards the sidewalk and shaking. Then a young girl came up and asked me If I was alright. I told her yes. Then one of the neighbors came out and brought over a chair for me to sit on. The driver of the other car (an older girl) asked me if I was alright and I told her yes and asked if they were ok. She said they were. Their car was on the other side of the street (headed east). The neighbor got me to sit down and then she gave me some bread to help me stop shaking and calm me down. The police showed up and began asking me questions. Then my mom and Chris got there. Then a minute or two later, Marissa and her whole family got there. My ankle was throbbing. I wans' table to find my registration or insurance which is the strangest thing because I just put my updated auto insurance in the case and put it back into the glove box. My hood buckled, windshield cracked and bumper looked to be hanging off. I didn't really get to see it before it got towed away since people kept telling me to sit down--I think I may have been in shock. I had my seat belt on, I wasn't on my cell phone and I wasn't going any faster than about 30. All I can do is praise the Lord that I wasn't seriously hurt. Strangely...my rental car is the exact same, make, model and color car of the one that ran into me. Hopefully, their insurance will pay for my trip to the ER ($50) and the vicodin prescribed ($10) and the cost of having my car towed to my friend's husband's shop ($165). But I'm praying that even my car expense is taken care of since I still have a balance. I've been thinking about getting a newer car for some time now.

God knows. I know this.

And as far as my friendship with Anna goes, He knows how that will turn out too. All I can do is pray and try to be obedient.

The morning just before the accident, I read my devotional and it was taken from Exodus 3:7 Surely I have seen the affliction of My people...and have given heed to their cry. Sometimes after the accident I thought of this...He hears our cry BEFORE we even ask. He is amazing. And His words come just in time. So I hold onto that promise.