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Last Friday, my old car was wrecked by a rear-ended accident at local area. Even I was not the driver involved, I still could identify with that kind of uncontrollable and traumatic experience. It was a few years ago during a morning rush hour, I was stopping at a traffic light and a car rear-ended me. As soon as my car was hit, my daughter who was in the backseat said, “Oh, oh”. The uncontrollable feel came when I saw my car was pushed and skidded ahead. Fortunately, I didn’t hit another car in my front. The traumatic feel arrived when I saw the appalling scenes of devastation after got out of my car – bumper was damaged, tail lights were broken and trunk lid was crooked. I thank God for His protection because we were not injured personally during the accident.

The accident from last Friday, I saw God’s protection once again upon my family. I don’t want to say that I am happy with the situation but I am very grateful to see that nobody got hurt in the accident.  Besides, the accident helps us to get rid of the old car, which my wife has complained it for a while 🙂

In this kind of situation, I was always reminded by apostle Paul’s experience that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose (Romans 8:28). In fact, I tend to think our heavenly Father is watching over us all the times. His fatherly love is beyond our imagination. Through many incidents or events occurred in our life, He wants us to learn from mistakes and grow like His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Even as painful as it is in the process, we have to recognize that His will dictates our life. In the Gospel of John, chapter 15, Jesus told us that He is the grape vine and we are branches. Only remains in Him then we can bear fruits. It is the action of remaining “in Him” that gives us source, nourishment and courage to live our daily life.  Recently, I came across a good illustration of what we can have to remain in Him. It is said that in Christ we will have:

A life that can never die,

A love that can never be fathomed,

A peace that can never be understood,

A joy that can never be diminished,

A rest that can never be disturbed,

A hope that can never be disappointed,

A light that can never be darkened,

A glory that can never be clouded,

A spiritual resource that can never be exhausted.

Since it is in Christ that we will have a peace that can never be understood by other people, I could now better understand why I was at peace with the situation of last Friday’s accident without as grouchy as before. 🙂