A Flower Quickly Fading

Have you ever experienced one of those moments where you KNEW without a doubt that God was right there watching over you, embracing you in his arms and taking care of you? I defanitely had one of those moments the other night.

I has been having trouble with my car battery lately. Apparently what I needed was a new alternator...I got one...a couple days ago. So all is good now, thankfully.

Last Sunday night I got a bit of a late start to head back up to Greeneville. I work in Greeneville at 4-H camp during the week and come home on the weekends. I usually leave Sunday after noon and head back up the road (it's like a 2 hour drive :/). This sunday in particular I had so much to do that I ended up leaving around 9:00. This, unfortunately, means I had to use my headlights.

About 30 or so minutes into the trip I noticed my lights were fading. I called my dad (the one I have deemed to know everything in life) and relayed this information to him. He of course said..."Turn around and come home."

Before I finish, let me elaborate a bit on the drive I take. I start out on a road called Alcoa Highway, or like us East Tennesseeans call it "I'll kill ya highway." I do not feel like I have to explain much more about this...that name kind of says it all...I mean we are talking about multiple wrecks a week....lots for this area of the state. I then turn off onto John Sevier Highway, a small two lane highway that takes me straight to Interstate 40. I go down I-40 for about 25 minutes, take the split and srive down Interstate 80. Then I turn off onto another highway that takes me to downtown Greeneville, whch leads me to Asheville Highway. Then I follow a tiny, dangerous, windy road to camp. Lots of highways, interstates, and dangerous roads to take in a two hour period.

At the point that I turn around and start heading BACK in the direction of Home...I was on John Sevier (the safest of all the roads I travel in my opinion). I was about 5 minutes away from approaching the interstate. God was already looking out for me at this point just by leading me to a safer location.

So on my way back there is a point on John Sevier where you make a turn. I was literally in the turning lane...thinking to myself, "let me cross the street and park in that gas station before my car dies" when my car shuts off. Not only did it die....but it was so dead my caution lights wouldnt blink. I frantically waved cars around me to go around and called my dad. Dad and my grandad took off and headed my way...but I was still left in the turning lane....in the dark...in the middle of the road...with no caution lights.

That's when two White Vans pulled over to the side of the road. A man wearing a "To save a Life," T-shirt (a christian Movie) walked over and asked me if I needed any help. I told him my dad and grandpa where on the way to fix the car. He then ordered all the "boys" to get out of the vans (all of them wearling some sort of christian logo t-shirt). They literally pushed my car across the street, out of the road, and into the gas station parking lot. They waved and said, "good Luck and God Bless." All I could do was say, "thank you so much, " through my tears as they drove away.

As I got back in my car...all I could do was thank God. For the first time in my life, I could literally feel the Holy spirit taking care of me and actually SEE God at work in my life. How lucky was I that this had happened not on I'll kill ya highway...or the Interstate...or on a little windy road in Greeneville almost 2 hours away from my dad! How lucky was I that of all the people out there, a church group stopped to help me! It wasn't luck...it was my Lord and Savior looking out for me...like He always does...and always will do! I feel so joyful to know that with everything going on in the world...God still cares about ME!

And thankfully....I have got my car fixed!

God Bless
Morgan Nicole