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"He will put His angels in charge of you to protect you in all of your ways." (Psalm 91:11)


I was headed out to get a sister in the Lord after prayer tonight. She was coming to my house for the weekend. It was around 11pm. I was being held up by a slow moving car in front of me. Finally, he pulled to the right. I was thinking about how much he annoyed me---going so slow! Then perhaps I looked at my phone, can't quite remember. But whatever took place in that split second saved my life, and perhaps a few others.

I don't know how to explain that I "heard" the noise before I "saw" the noise. Right where I was to turn, a car ran through the stop sign and literally crossed four lanes of traffic without incident. If you are familiar with Newark, then you are familiar with Bloomfield Ave. It is a very busy street, even at night. This car was doing what seemed to be about 100mph. He never stopped.

I realized within a few seconds that it was not just a driver that ran a stop sign. It was a high speed chase involving cops. Let me just say that the driver must have a praying mom or something. He literally missed being hit by several cars. It was like something out of the movies. Although he never slowed down, all the cars were kept away from him.

Meanwhile, I was still sitting there in total shock about what just happened. If I was not "held up" by Mr. Slow Driver, that speeding car would have hit me right on my door and the impact would have caused serious injuries,perhaps even death. The "weird" thing is as I was on my way down to her house, I was thinking about the time God saved my life from a shooting at a convenience store last year. I thanked Him about that. And then I was spared again, tonight.

It is almost 3 am. I am sitting here listening to "Holy" by Jesus Culture. If you have never heard it, I highly recommend you go to YouTube and listen to it. I cannot get over what God did for me tonight. I shudder when I think of being broadsided by a speeding car like that. Although I was in a truck, it would have been an OUCH for sure!

Even putting my face to the floor right now is not low enough for me to bow before God. I feel the Lord's Holy Presence so real right now. If I could kiss his feet, I would. You see, today was a non-eventful day for me. I went to prayer and it was awesome. But prior to that, I was so down, almost the entire day. I can't even explain why or what..but I was at a low point.

I forced myself to go and pray. It wasn't like I read 2,000 scriptures or anything worthy of being saved tonight. But that is what is beautiful about God. It will never be what I do or don't do. Cuz if it was about that, trust me, I should have gotten hit. But this is about who He is. He is infinitely faithful, true, loyal, full of love and mercy, for all He has made. Including a nutcase person like me.

Holy. Holy. Holy. There is only one word to describe Him. Holy. He loves me in spite of myself.

If you read the post right before this one, you will see that I requested traveling mercies for all of us at almost the last line. He heard me.

Thank you, Father. You are Holy.

XtremeFaith