Car on Fire

Remember that post back in February when my daughter raised money to buy soccer balls for our church's missions team going to Kenya, Africa.  Her efforts earned her recognition at our church.  The children's pastor e-mailed that they were going to introduce a program to the children to "purchase/sponsor" soccer balls for the June trip.  In children's church, she wanted her to tell about how she had raised her money and to sign the first ball for the program.

On that Sunday we excitedly headed to church.  We saw her center stage telling her story.  She wrote on her soccer ball, "Jesus loves you, and He died for you."  God had rewarded her efforts, and she was seeing the eternal!  We were so happy. 

Straightway from church we headed to Wal-Mart to buy a gift card and were on our way to Chuck E. Cheese's for a birthday party.  While on the interstate I smelled smoke.  We checked all our gauges.  All was well.  Further down the road we saw the source of the smell ... a car had grey white smoke coming from the back end.  We went on by.  Something then told my husband to slow down. 

Yes, that something was the Holy Spirit.  He slowed down preparing to cross the three lanes of traffic to move closer to her.  We came up behind her the second time, and I saw fire beneath the undercarriage.  Yes, fire.  I told Woody, "We have to get her out."  He told me later I yelled, "We have to get her out."


He pulled behind her and by the grace of God she pulled over.  He told me to call 911.  I began dialing.  He exited the van calling for her to get out of the car and that it was on fire.  She slowly complied.  He wrapped his arm around her walking her to our van safely parked a distance away.  She stopped.  She needed her cane.  That fast it was not safe to go back.  We waited for the fire truck and watched her car burn.

There is more to the story, but my point here is that we watched our Heavenly Father orchestrate events to save this lady's life.  He was working in the physical to save a life.  One hour before he had used our daughter's efforts to save a life in the spiritual.  Those soccer balls are evangelistic http://www.e3resources.org/ in that they use the five colors of the Wordless Book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wordless_Book tell the story of Christ.

Wow! What a day!!  We went on to the party late, smelling like smoke, but humbled to be doubly used by God.