On Saturday I Was Almost In A Bad Accident Around 3:30 PM

I was up very early today. I was going to pray and for almost two hours I would just become distracted. Thoughts would just flood my mind and keep me from praying. It was around 4AM when I was able to then pray and keep focused on prayer. As I was about to start my walk this morning I noticed that the twins were up and sitting at the window with their mom. I went over and told them Good Morning and asked them if they had a good sleep last night. They get these big smiles on their faces. Don't you just love it when little ones are not talking yet but we, as adults, still carry on a conversation as though they understand what you are saying? That is what I do with them as I did with my own children too. I told them that they had to eat their breky (short for breakfast) all gone. While we were talking there was a wasp by the screen. I told their mother about the wasp catcher I have and how there were a lot of wasps in it already. I went over to my patio to get it to show her and the boys too. She commented that it really is full . Have you ever seen a wasp catcher? Mine is made out of glass and it is formed into the shape of a beehive. There is an opening at the bottom and one at the top of the container. The top opening is stopped with a cork screw stopper. You fill it with pop and apparently the wasps are attracted to the sweetness of the pop and crawl into the opening on the bottom. Once in, all they do is keep flying around and they seem to gather at the top opening that has the cork screw stopper in it. Obviously they are not aware that all they have to do is go to the opening on the bottom and crawl out of it there and they they would be set free. To you and I it is obvious what needs to be done to get that freedom right. Apparently they do no have this knowledge to save themselves.
How many people do you know that are in situations in which they may feel trapped? They may be lured into something by sweetness and once they are lured in they become confused and discombobulated and find themselves trapped in that situation. The answer or way out is obvious to others around them but they just cannot see it them self because they seem to be temporarily blinded by the facts. Past history or hurt seems to be dulled or  they are overcome by the fact that they are longing for something much more in life than being alone. So, the memories of past hurt or deception are replaced or softened by the lure that trapped them. Pray for these people because they are not able to see once they are in the situation. Liken it to the wasps, they know how to get into the container so you would think it is obvious to them how to get out the same way they got in. Not so, for all they keep doing is flying around and trying to get out where there is no opportunity to allow this.
In scripture this morning I was led to Isaiah 2: 10-11: "Go in among the rocks and hide underground because of the Lord's terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty. The eyes of arrogant people will be humbled. High and mighty people will be brought down. On that day the Lord alone will be honored."
High and mighty people will be brought down. Visualize that through the example of the wasp catcher. They keep trying to rise up and out once in the catcher. They work themselves up and probably run themselves down by all the effort exerted to get out and they eventually die and join the others sitting in the pop at the bottom of the container. If you find yourself is a situation like that do not settle for anything less than what God has for you and your life. Why would you settle for a broken down or torn up chair busted in the road when it falls off of a moving truck because it was not secured down and it breaks once it hits the pavement while moving fast on a highway, when you are called to sit with those in high places in the comfort of a plush chair created with high quality materials? The example of the chair comes forth from the experience on Saturday. It was around 3:30 PM and I was on the highway along with a red truck piled high with furniture. It also looked like it had piled on items they were moving. It was to the left of me on the highway and some of the items fell right onto the road in the path of my lane of traffic. I tried to dodge the pipe/pole and black garbage bag that was full as it hit the road. Right before my very eyes a table flew off the truck and hit the highway road and busted up a portion of it. I had no choice at that point but to trust God and drive right through the table and bust it up even more. I do not remember if it was a leg or the flat portion that was left of the table that I hit. Reality hit me after the fact and I pulled off of the highway and checked out my car to see if it was OK, it was. It shook me a bit because I was in a position in which I was able to see this piece of furniture along with other items flying off the truck and now I am having to decide which do I miss hitting and just go for it. Ironically, as I got back on the highway there was that truck I passed it this time. I thanked God for His protection and His grace and the angels that saved me from an almost destructive situation. I then travel a bit more and I get off the highway and there must have been an accident and it looked not good. I saw a woman walk from the pretty banged up SUV with her arms around the young girl and a little older girl. As I was waiting to turn I rolled down my window to see if they needed help or for me to call someone I was told no. Again, I find myself driving over debris but this time it was debris from their accident. Again I thanked the Lord for allowing to miss this accident entirely. You see, that was the day my first born child turned 25 years old. We texted each other back and forth but I did not get to speak with her until that evening.

I told you she was a beautiful baby. This was taken 2 months after she was born on her christening day.

Our christening days, there is no denying that mother and daughter look alike what do you think? One exception, she had more hair than I did.

Christening day, she is actually sitting in a rocking chair bought for the doll sitting with her.

I remember the day she was born. She was 2.5 weeks overdue so they brought me into the hospital to induce my labor, I believe it was the day after Labor Day if I am not mistaken. Pitocin really is not that bad as they told us it would be when we took the childbirth classes. I would have distance in time between each labor pain but the actual contraction lasted about 5 minutes in length. The only thing the pitocin did was break my water and then from that point we only had so much time to go into labor and if nothing happened I was to have a c-section. After nothing throughout the night the next morning it was scheduled. She was born a little after 12:30 PM. She was beautiful and still is beautiful now. Since she was overdue by almost three weeks she was born just perfect and filled out nicely. She weighed in at 10 pounds 3 1/2 ounces and she was a good length also I just do not remember it now. She had so much dark hair on her head that it looked like she was born with a shag hair style and it was only a matter of a few short weeks in which she got her first haircut.

She was the model child if there is such a thing. So much so that we based our experience with her in wanting us to have another child down the road. She was advanced and was always ahead of growth charts, getting poddy trained, walking, etc. Such a joy to our lives and still is now too. She is my goal setter. She sets goals for herself and then achieves them. Such an inspiration to me, such an inspiration. She has a heart of gold and I think I have told you this before that she gives the best hugs.

I felt a bit cheated when I was not able to experience labor and delivery on my own and I talked to the Dr. and asked him questions about it. He explained it to me like this, I did nothing wrong it is just the way my body was created and that I do not naturally go into labor myself. He told me that if I would have been pregnant in another era before c-sections, I and my baby would most likely have died because I do not naturally go into labor like most women do. When my son was born we had a game plan. The Dr. gave me up until a certain time for me to go into labor and if that day passed then I had to come in for a c-section and that is just what happened. I do not question why it was like this I am just thankful that there was a way for me to deliver my babies. I will share this with you the second delivery was much easier than the first one. I was exhausted after the pitocin and ready for the delivery. With the second one I was rested and all I had to do was arrive at the hospital and get prepared for surgery. They really did monitor my daughter prior to the delivery, I had to rest and count the number of times I felt her move inside of me. Just before the surgery they were conducting some sort of study and they monitored her just before the c-section. Those are the type of things to expect when you deliver at a teaching hospital. We chose University Hospitals just in case something would arise during delivery and Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital was right there. Thank God we did not need it for either delivery. I remember this because she was perfectly filled out when born she did not look scrawny and she happened to be placed next to a baby half her size in the nursery and she was just beautiful next to that littler baby.

Back to my walk now. As I was walking I noticed the barn chaser birds doing what they are created to do, catch the insects. Some may look at them and see them through eyes that just see them doing their work. Others may see them through their eyes as moving in a creative movement. Almost as if they were dancing and putting on a performance for you to enjoy. That is how I see them. As I was admiring them and watching where I was walking at the same time I noticed one of the light colored woollybears walking on the road. I had a container with me and I scooped it up to be able to show to the woollybear predictor person. A few short feet further ahead and sure enough there was another one of these light woollybears. I now have two example to show. Do you think this means we could be in store for a mild winter? I do not know the answer to that one.
One final concluding thought. Never let people that surround you make you feel inferior, they should be a lifter of your head. When you are down they should lift you up. Do not let life keep you down so low that you seem like you cannot get back up. Look up for your redemption draws near. If you should have no one around you that lifts your spirit when it is low then go to the creator that created you and He will be the lifter of your soul. Enjoy this day.

Woollybears and Wasp Catcher