Well, aside from my lack of posting, things have been pretty eventful. Today was friday of the first week of my journaling efforts. It has been an interesting week with attempting to keep my eyes open, watching for my heavenly father's hand in my life.
I am grateful today, for the additonal protection that heavenly father gives to us on occasion. I notice this all the time, but rarely have I put it together. Everyone thinks that they are a good driver - I have never met a person that says "Man, I am the worst driver that ever existed". I have never met anyone that admitted that they were a terrible driver, or that they may not pay attention, or that they were more wreckless than other people. Typically, it's the other way around; typically, it's someone who is a bad driver that thinks that everyone else is terrible. Typically, they don't even pay any attention to what they are causing around them by their habits.
Today while I was driving to Sandy, with a vanful of children and husband, I noticed a car coming up from behind - weaving in and out of other cars in traffic. It wasn't necessary, just a person who was driving like a jerk. However, at the moment that I saw this car coming, I had the inkling that I needed to slow down and move the car to a slower lane. I did, and I watched as this driver continued to weave around, in and out of traffic through other cars. All the while I was thinking to myself, "BAH, what an idiot". (there's that whole judgment thing huh...)
A few miles up the road, I gratefully watched that car get pulled over by a UHP car. Then I wondered to myself, how many times have I felt the need to get out of the way when I saw cars like that. There have been a few times in my life where I have felt that need. There have been times when I have been driving, and something has happened where I got slowed down, or even stopped entirely. Each time I have had this prompting, I have been protected. My children have been protected. My family, my nieces, my nephews, have all been protected. I know that car that passed us was headed for a wreck, and bless the Lord that he got pulled over.
When I watch my nieces and nephews, I am super heightened. I am alert. It's a special thing to be left in the charge of someone else's children and infants... but moreso when they are family. I have always said that I would never forgive myself if one of my nieces or nephews who was left in my care were to get lost, stolen, hurt, or worse. And during times of driving I have found that I slow down a lot more... I am stricter with seat belts, and I am very cautious of other drivers. However, I love to listen to the radio, and I love to talk to other people when I am driving... and I am grateful that when I may not be paying as much attention as I should be, that the Lord sends the spirit to perk me up and make me look around.
