Close Call

The best laid plans of mice and men can quickly go awry, as Robert Burns said in his poetic apology to a field mouse after overturning her nest while plowing a field. Last night our lives almost went terribly awry when the pickup truck we were following lost a ladder. The truck had just passed a slow car and sped away, putting a lot of distance between himself and following traffic. Then we also passed, moved back into our lane, and suddenly saw ten feet of aluminum lying on the edge of the pavement, a disaster waiting to happen. Had we still been following the truck more closely, we would surely have been hit! Thankfully, the ladder had fallen parallel to the shoulder of the road, rather than sideways across the highway and we easily skirted it while the pickup driver parked and waited to retrieve it.
Some might say that we were lucky. I prefer to say that we experienced God's provision and protection and that He had other plans for us.
I encourage you to also live your life with an open-eyed awareness of His provision, protection and good plans for you.