I can’t remember ever having a day quite like yesterday. I always pray during the opening worship service and ask God to speak to me personally through our pastor’s message. He didn’t fail me…He never does. And it was powerful. After church, I went for a drive to look at the beautiful fall colors. I pulled into the cemetery where my grandparents, great-grandparents, and other family members on my father’s side are buried. After paying my respects, I had a picnic in the park by the river then moved on to drive up by my Aunt Marge’s farm. I have wonderful memories of that place and it was sad to see it so run down. The building in this picture is the Wilding Graded School just down the road.

I was returning home, driving out a country road when I noticed some people talking in a yard. Suddenly they rushed to the road and started pointing ahead of me. I looked up and there was a cloud of dust flying. A car and truck had collided at high speed in the intersection not farther than a football field ahead of me. I was one of the first to stop to help. Just as I got to the truck that was overturned, two nurses rushed up with their medical bags and climbed in the cab as best they could. The occupants were severely injured. I believe the driver was killed. The nurse kept coming back out for air then diving in again. I could do nothing but pray. I asked God to give her the skills she needed, the words of comfort to say, and the strength to carry out her tasks. That’s when I heard her say, “Do you know Jesus?” The man said he did. I knew my part was done and I needed to get my truck out of the way. I was still shaking an hour later and the image stuck with me well into the night.

After my Sunday evening service, I checked Facebook and saw a post from my second cousin. Her mom had taken a turn for the worse so I headed to the care facility to sit with family for a while. I got home after 1:00.
I’m in a season of my life where people are slipping away from me. Mr. Virgo. My parents. Friends. Acquaintances. They’re dying. They’re moving on. I keep recalibrating my compass, yet true north eludes me. Big changes are coming into my life. Doors close. Windows open. On and on. I don’t know why everything seems so poignant right now, but it’s like something orchestrated. I’ll trust the process and see where this leads me. After all, we’re just passing through here.

❤️

“Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long.”‭‭Psalms‬ ‭25:4-5‬ ‭ESV‬‬