[Contents]I had just graduated from collage with a
Bachelor of Sciences degree and thought myself to be something.
I was working as a teacher of the adult blind, traveling from
Lansing to Saganaw on a warm, snowy morning. Relying on a hired
driver, and using my own car, he was observing the speed limit
for the prevailing road nditions which were relatively clear except
for ice on the bridges, we were doing well until we encountered
an ice covered bridge
Crossing one such bridge, he lost control
of the car which began to skid from side to side of the four lane
divided highway. As we were only traveling approximately 25 M.P.H.,
I felt no apprehension, even when the front left wheel was embedded
in the mud along the medium, causing the car to pivot around this
axis and roll into the ditch between the lanes, landing on its
top.
In detachment, I watched the ground as it
stopped moving just inches from my nose. Two sensations assailed
my mind as I saw the amber glow of the front right running light
reflected in the mud and snow. The thought of being trapped at
the bottom of a ditch with the driver hanging in his seat belt
above my head and the possibility of fire were unpleasant considerations.
Totally disoriented, I was aware of my vulnerability and inability
to quickly free myself should a fire result from the accident.
Before either of us could react and after
the car came to a COMPLETE stop at the bottom of the pitch, it
ROLLED UPHILL of its own accord and we were able to open the doors
and exit the vehicle.
As we surveyed the damage, which was minimal,
we were both impressed with the unnatural reaction of the automobile.
Cars don’t roll uphill, really they don’t!
I intuitively understood what happened and
why it happened. The Lord was demonstrating to me, in a rather
forceful fashion, that all my supposed intelligence and collage
degrees meant nothing. I lived and had my being by the mercies
of God and His forbearance. It was the second evidence in my life
that God had an interest in my welfare. He used this evidence
of his providential care to awaken with in me, a discernment for
spiritual realities. While education is good and even essential,
a knowledge of the most high is of greater value then all the
book learning secular schools can offer.
Praise the Lord!
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