SAVED FROM CAR ACCIDENT

By Christine Cooper,
Walton Beach, Florida, USA

I must say that every day of my life is a testimony to the amazing grace, mercy, and enduring love of our Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. I have many many wonderful testimonies to share, but the one most fresh in my mind today is what the Lord did for me this day.

My car was having some brake problems, but I did not have enough money yet to fix them and the brakes were still working to get me where I need to be in short distances only. Well today I needed to go to the store(market) and get foods for the family. I let my 5 year old nephew come with me. The closest supermarket is about 5 miles ( 8.04672km ). As I slowed down and turned into the supermarket parking lot, the brakes failed. I could not stop the car, but I was going slow and there were no other cars in my way and I was able to shift the gears and come to a full safe stop before any harm could be done. Brothers and Sisters, our God is an "ON TIME" God. Had the brakes of failed a moment earlier, when I was still on speed,  we would have been on the busy street and wrecked or could have been injured or even caused harm to other road users.

I have no doubt that Jesus had his hands on those brakes until we got to a safe place. He is always in control of the wheel in my life and I sit as a passenger. My little nephew could have been injured very bad had I  hit another car. to give you an idea of the great harm that could have occurred, it's a busy street too.

In the greatest of dangers and perils in our lives,we need not fear as even though we cannot see Jesus, he is there. Closer than the clothes on our bodies. He knows all our business and nothing is too great or too small for him to handle in our lives. Whether I am being swept away by a storm or being chased by a stinging bee, I know Jesus will be with me and help me through whatever befalls me. He is this way with all his people no matter where you are or what you are doing. I stand in awe of the goodness of the Lord. Praise the Lord!

Your Sister in Christ, Christine

JESUS AVERTS FIRE OUTBREAK

I don't know why am being reminded about this testimony but it took place some years back.

I had returned early from work because my children's nanny did not come to work. Pressed with preparing launch and the kids for Tuesday Bible Study that we call Spiritual Clinic, I hurriedly made a meal of noodles the quick way and hurried the children through their bath. Every step of the way, I was playing the Mum in the Dad's way.

Having cooked the noodles, I now realised that there was no protein in the mix. Then I put the kettle back on the fire and dropped two eggs into it. At this time the noodles were already on the table and I forgot that the eggs were still on the fire. In my thinking, they could eat the meal first and then the eggs would be ready by the time they'd finished with their meal.

Poor me. I forgot all about the eggs as soon as they finished their meal and hurried them out. We were already on the road when I remembered.  It was one of those terrible days when Lagos traffic is a jam. On this day, the traffic was so bad that I could not turn nor even find a space to park my car. My choices were limited. I thought of leaving the car there with the kids inside but it cut no ice. What about getting somewhere to park and then do what with a three year old boy and his four year old sibling? Could there be an alternative? I found none. Now, I knew I was in deep trouble. I hollered at those in front: no one seemed to care in the world about my dilemma. I must have the image of a loose nut (a mental case of sorts) but if there was ever a case of the devil and the deep red sea, this was it. Should leave the infants in the car and run home in order to go put off a fire I was sure had started? The little amount of water I reasoned was sufficient to cook two eggs would by then have dried up. See my cross?

After fretting and cursing and raging, I recalled a testimony I once heard about how God had saved a family from fire. This woman had used petrol for kerosene and had used kerosene for petrol. She had successfully cooked dinner with the stove and her husband had turned the entire four litres kerosene into their generator. It was the failure of the generator to start that alerted the family to the fact that there had been an swap. To confirm the mix up, they checked the now cooling stove and found the very highly flammable petrol coolly resting in the stove tank and it dawned on them that God had just taken them through a Daniel in the Lion's den experience. That was what made to start praying by asking God to intervene and make my case another such uncommon testimony. I asked that God should just do what only Him can. I prayed that I would not burn down another man's house when I had yet to build mine and on and on went my prayer.

To God be the glory, He rose up on my behalf and performed His miracle.


After almost 45minutes or one hour this journey of about 10minutes ended. Immediately, I left the kids with a Sister in the church grabbed a bike and ordered him to race to my house. To the glory of God, I got home only to find that God is truly amazing.

The fire was gone, the eggs were cooked and there was still fuel in the tank. To confirm this miracle I noted that the water had barely finished when the fire went out. No other person had entered the house as we left and my doors were firmly locked when I returned.

Now for some time this week, this testimony has been playing around my mind and the Lord was insisting that I post it online. Perhaps there is someone who will be encouraged to trust God more and believe Him to take her through that impossibility after reading this testimony. I don't know why God wants me to post this testimony many years after it occurred but be sure that Jesus loves you and wants to encourage to look up to him today. God bless you and turn your trial into a huge testimony today. Jesus loves you.