An Angel In A Truck

Yesterday we drove out to a assisted living facility for Randy to see a dear friend from our church. He had cancer and was not expected to live but a few more days. This friend was such a blessing to us both but especially to Randy as he always helped Randy up any steps at church, taking randy’s walker (and lately the wheelchair) and then bringing it back to him after church was over! They were quite the pair. Randy couldn’t talk and Gary couldn’t hear! But they knew their friendship was heartfelt! So yesterday our group of friends went and had lunch with Gary’s wife, Rita (at the assisted living facility) and Randy went in to sit by Gary for awhile,, It is such a gift of Christian friends to have around to love and support one another. Cricket brought Chicken Salad Chic for us Chicks, Peggy brought cookies, Micki brought the drinks and Jerry and I, well. we showed up! There was prayer, shared memories, laughter, but most of all, just the bond of friendship that allowed Rita to cry when she needed, laugh when a story or memory was told, and the knowledge that she knew she was not alone to walk this hard road of life.

We all left and began the drive home. As I drove down Preston, Randy told me he needed a coke. so I pulled into Sonic! We got our drinks and proceeded to drive home when all of a sudden the car in front of me swerved and because I was close behind I had no time to avoid the hard plastic Igloo ice chest that lay in the middle of the lane. It became stuck under our car and I kept driving thinking it would come loose but it didn’t. As I drove, trying to get over to pull off the busy street, I was finally able to pull into a parking lot! Seeing some shade from some trees, I thought that would be a great place if I was going to be laying in the concrete parking lot trying to dislodge the igloo. Well,,on my feeble attempt to get down to see if I could reach it, I discovered that not only was it stuck sunder the middle of the car. but I was not strong enough to pull it out. So then trying to get back up from laying on my stomach on flat concrete parking lot must have made people driving by chuckle seeing an old lady trying to get back up to a standing position all the while with one knee replacement and the other knee already swollen from arthritis, well, let’s just say the video of this might have won me big bucks on AFV!

All of a sudden,,I hear “mame are you all right?”. I respond “Yes, but i have an Igloo stuck under my car.” He drops to his knees and looks and says, ” yep you have an igloo stuck under your car.”,

Next thing I know he is yelling as he is walking back to his truck, “mame,,I drove a truck for years, so I am always prepared for things like this.,I’ll be right back.”. As he is walking back towards me, I couldn’t help but notice that i had pulled into a parking lot where’ there was a restaurant that was closed,, a Marble a slab ice cream store and a small health & vitamin shop. What were the odds of a man who was a truck driver being right there? But here he came with straps with clips on them and before i knew it, he directed me to get in the car, turn the wheel to the right and he had the straps around the igloo and pulled it out as i slowly drove the wheels to the right.,,,

As he smiled at us and said, “your ok now,”,I looked at him and said,,”you are a Christian aren’t you?”. and he smiled and said “yes mame, I am.”. I go to The Oaks Church in Mckinney”. Sometimes It’s amazing how someone’s countenance just tells you that the person is a Christian.

What a sweet thing of the Lord to put me in the perfect place where He provided someone who was able to help us. I had just listened to a David Jeremiah that morning preach about angels. Was this young man an angel.,,maybe not, but he was to us.

Lord thank you for Your protection and provision. And your perfect timing.,..

We are so grateful we went to visit with Rita and Gary yesterday.,,The text came this morning at 6:30 am.,,Gary is home with Jesus!