As I was standing on the side of the road, looking at this and taking these pictures, (but more so when my husband got home and I got to hug him) I realized how miraculous it is that I am alive and even more so, that I was not even injured. I literally crawled out of that driver's seat with nothing but scrapes, bruises, soreness, and sticky coke-glass-filled hair. To me, that is a huge testimony that God still has things for me to do here on this earth. I know we can never truly know why God in His sovereignty allows some of us to survive and some of us not, but I do know that the only way I am typing this today is because He has a plan. I may not understand in my finite mind why I survived that crash yet several of my other dear friends are no longer with us, but I will say that I am so thankful that God knows and that He gave me another oportunity to share His amazing soveriegnty, grace, and mercy with others. Any of you who are Christians reading this, please consider every day you have as a blessing and take every oportunity you are given to share about you're amazing life in Christ. I type this knowing that in our sinful nature, it is very likely that I will be tempted to let this passion for living in the moment fade away, so please hold me accountable to that. If you are reading this and are not a Christian, I challenge you to explore your questions but know that we may never get those answers, just also know that in these passing days which we are never guaranteed, Christ is the only one can give us hope in a hopeless, scary, and depressing world. He is worth not knowing the answers.
5 comments:
Lindsey, oh my soul! What in the world - I am so glad you are ok. Praise the Lord!
Wow Lindsay! I cannot believe this! I'm SOOO glad you are ok and that is an amazing testament to the Lord's mercy. I will be praying for the mental recovery from that. I was in a bad accident once and it took me awhile to not feel fear in a car.
I read this with tears in my eyes. All I've been able to say as I look at these pictures over and over is Praise God! I am so thankful that He has a plan for you! I can't even begin to imagine losing another sibling. I don't tell you enough- I love you!!!
Lindsay, what happened? Can you give us more details about the wreck? I am so glad that you are okay!!
Sure, LB. Unfortunately, I can remember every second, so I can relay all the details. We live on the other side of a mountain from Chattanooga, which I drive over whenever I go to work or school. Of course, it has been raining all week, so the road was extremely wet. Last time it was that rainy, I was afraid there was ice, so I took a longer route. But this time I went anyway. I had already gone up the mountain and was on my way down, and when I rounded a curve, my back end started fishtailing around, facing me toward the drop off of the mountain. So I corrected, but it ended up facing me toward the embankment of the mountain. My truck had so much momentum (even though I had been going slow because I was rounding a turn)that it started to go up the steep embankment and fliped upside down (it all just felt like a rollercoaster), landing like the pictures show. I was freaking out because I couldn't tell where I had landed - hanging off the mountain, in the middle of the road, whatever. So I calmed down as much as I could, unbuckled my seatbelt, and shimmied on my stomach out my busted driver's window because it was the only open place to fit through. And I literally walked away from my truck with no help at all, and waited until someone drove by (which was another miraculous thing that nobody had been coming by me while I was sliding or crawling out of the truck). All my x-rays at the ER came out fine. I'm just extremely sore and have some cuts from glass. I felt completely fine right after the accident, but when my adrenaline wore off, I started feeling everything that told me I must have been thrown around a little bit. Again, it's just a miracle.
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