i delight in being protected.

today was a day i didn't die. i didn't even sustain serious injuries.

comments like that obviously suggest that these things might have possibly almost happened.

the story: it was just like any other day, driving south to work. i get to oh just past mid-way, when i see something flying through the air...but what was it? it reminded me of a windmill twirling in circles in the air. as i split-secondly alternate my glance between being a safe driver and figuring out what is going on with the flying windmill,  it disappears. another glance back and i catch sight of it again as i realize it a piece of glass, a BIG pieces of glass that slams onto the freeway 1.5 lanes away just seconds, and i mean split-seconds before i come upon it. i was probably the closest car. i saw the impact. i watched it happen.

now i don't know what happens when a large piece of glass that has flown off a car going 80 mph (because that's the average speed limit in spite of the 65 mile an hour sign) that has whirled through the air and then slams back to earth--does exactly in terms of damage when it hits an also accelerating vehicle which is consequently made of glass...windows at least. (can you imagine if someone's windows had been open?) yes, i can't even imagine. but i can tell you it does not fair well when it slams into a cement freeway. millions of pieces. if only i could send you my mental replay.

i was in shock. and i was confused...did that really just happen? as i retold the story to a co-worker, she said did you see the truck it came from? sure i did. well did you get their license plate? the better question is, did the thought even cross my mind? not even in the slightest. i just drove, re-played, and drove.

and then the thought ran briefly through my mind. "i know."

and with that...i really do know that He knows. there have been so many moments, little moments and bigger moments when i know that he  has been mindful of me. and not just me as in one among the many, but me in terms of me and where i am and what i'm doing. i don't think its just a saying when we say that "god is in the details of our lives."

i think this instance is just one more evidence of that fact.

and so today i delight in being protected. literally. perfectly. gratefully.