The Power of God

If you don't believe, you should. It could be the difference of life or death. Actually eternal life... But let me tell you how God saved us last night.

James and I were coming home late last night after our Marriage course we had signed up had it's first meeting. We picked the kids up from Daycare and were on our way home. It was so foggy outside and we live in the flats of the country so it tends to get quite thick as well. On our street there was an oncoming car up ahead and James sped up a little to turn into our driveway before this person came in front of us. Our driveway is a thin driveway surrounded by 2 huge canals full of water. The day before these canals were overflowing full with all the rain we had. So as James was going a little too fast he misjudged our driveway and pulled in after it. He went right for the canal.I screamed STOP.. the canal... and for the second time in his life he STOPPED immediately by slamming on the brakes and turning his wheels away from the it. That wheel turn hung us in the air. If the wheel had been the way he started, we'd have smashed into the ditch at full force, sending the airbags off and smashing our car. I am sure the kids would have been even more terrified than they already were.

So we stopped. Hanging. I could feel there was only one tire touching the ground and all he and I could think about was getting the kids out before the car fell into this canal. We weren't sure if it would fall in nose first, or driver side down. Emma sits behind James. James is sitting petrified at what just happened, he's yelling at me to get the kids out and I open my door, jump down a little to the ground and as soon as I get out, the car lifts even higher. I was so nervous that I would cause it to slide by getting out. I go to open Josh's door as he's behind me. Emma was already getting out of her car seat climbing over to my side as soon as we told her to. The doors are locked. i have to go back to my door, and I can't find the unlock button. I was so scared it just wasn't being seen. I think James unlocked from his side as I heard it unlock. I opened Josh's door and pulled Emma out over him by her jacket. I was amazed at my strength. I unbuckled Josh's 5 point harness in about .5 seconds flat. Funny how adrenaline makes you move so fast. I got the kids out and away from the car and there was just James sitting in it quietly.

2 people came down our street almost immediately. One a young man on his way home from work. He pulled beside me on the road and asked if I needed help and I obviously said yes, my husband is still in the car. So he helped get James out and then another man in a pick up truck came by. He asked if we needed to be pulled back up. Yes again we answered.

Both Emma and Josh were with me and they were so scared they were shivering. It was quite cute to have them like that. I knew now that if the car was to fall, we were all out if so it was ok. I kept trying to tell them that but they were so nervous. The man in the truck was also on his way home from work and he happened to have a chain in the back of his truck from something he had just done. He managed to hook us up and with a few tries, pull us out.

I tried to take a picture with my cell phone camera but it was so dark and foggy, it did not work out.

So the bottom line is we were saved. Our car stopped immediately, which was due to the new tires we just got. Somehow the car hung there for us to get out. The canal had drained during the day so it was no longer overflowing with water and the first 2 people who drove by, came to help.

I had a miserable sleep last night thinking about it. But thank god it happened the way it did.

Comments

[Amy Ragland]

Ari, I'm so glad you guys are OK! That had to be scary!!!

[Jamie]

I was just reading your blog here, while you are at scrapbooking. I just luv you hun. I am bored here with out you...I miss you already...what a wimp! Anyway, I would rather be hanging over a ditch with you, than ever be without you Arianne Bryce....any day.