Had a bad day...

The last 18 hours of our lives have been quite the adventure. On Thursday evenings I go to a ladies’ Bible study. I look forward to this every week because it is such a refreshing and refueling time for me. Our group of ladies is amazing and they have been such an encouragement to me over the last few months. So last night, being Thursday, Matt dropped me and another lady off at the house where we meet. He was going over to our friends, Jeff and Tessa’s house to watch their kids so Tessa could come to Bible study. About 10 minutes after Matt dropped us off my phone rang.

Matt: “Hey, listen, I’ve been in an accident.”
Me: “Are you serious?”
Matt: “Yeah.”
Me: “Is the car totaled?”
Matt: “I don’t know. It’s pretty bad.”

My initial reaction was nausea. We only have one car. How are we going to get to work? How are we going to get ANYWHERE? How much is this going to cost us? How bad does my car (which isn’t paid off yet) look? Why did this have to happen now, we were finally starting to break even? Sadly, my initial reaction was not to trust God. I am not proud of how I reacted at first.

One of the ladies drove me to the scene so I could be with Matt. We got things taken care of there. They towed the car. We went to the ER because Matt was in some pain with his hand/thumb and we wanted to make sure he was ok. Our pastor, Brad, picked us up from the ER and took us home around 9:30. (As a side note here I LOVE our pastor and his family!!! They have been SO good to us!!) (As another side note: they gave Matt two Vicodin at the ER and I literally saw his eyes glaze over. The giggling was totally worth the time in the ER.)
Thankfully we have a really good insurance policy which is going to cover for us to have a rental until we get the car back. Hopefully it’s not totaled and can be fixed.

All of that to say that God’s hand has already been so evident in this thing. First and foremost, Matt was not seriously injured. Considering that it was a truck that hit him it could have been MUCH worse. Our insurance people have been amazingly helpful and friendly. (We’ll see how much that’s gonna cost us when our premium is reassessed.)

I told Matt last night that I was going to have to put feet to my words. The book we’ve been reading for Bible study is all about letting go of fear and learning to trust God. These are the moments in our lives where we must walk what we talk.

On top of that Matt has a sinus infection which he went to the doctor for yesterday morning and the dog had some nasty stomach issues at 5:00 this morning. Cleaning up poo that early in the morning is just not fun. So now we get the clean our carpet this weekend. : )

My motto through this whole thing has been: “I will not be moved.” My foundation is firm. My God is faithful, yesterday, today, and forever more.