I was on my way home from the lumber yard, hauling a little more than usual (here's where you insert the joke about how much weight I've gained! Woo-Boy! I'm going to have to get the Goodyear tatoo if I don't drop some and THAT right quick!), when an older white Cadillac pulled out in front of me and practically stopped!
Naturally, I was upset. All of the usual thoughts went through my head; "What was that moron THINKING?"; "People like that ought not be allowed to drive!"; "Nice day for a drive, eh, Mr. Charles?"
Then I pulled up alongside the car as I went around it. Driving the vehicle was an elderly woman and when I say elderly, I mean closer to 105 than 80! As you might expect, she was hunched up as close to the wheel as possible and was obviously straining to see her way. Then I saw the expression on her face..............................................she was TERRIFIED! My heart sank as I thought of all the terrible thoughts I'd had about her just a few moments earlier! Poor thing probably got into her car as an absolute last resort, needing food from the store or medicine from the pharmacy. She obviously didn't want to be behind the wheel of that car any more than I wanted her there, but what choice did she have? Starve? Die for lack of insulin or whatever? I asked God to forgive me for all of those terrible thoughts I'd had before and I'm sure He did, but I still felt bad about my initial reaction.
God, help me to trust You enough that I know that You're in control and whatever happens, You're in the driver's seat!
Oh, and thanks for being co-pilot for that old lady today! She'd have never made it without You!
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I am glad you had a chance of heart about the driver once you saw her. We never know anything about the person in the other vehicle. We don't know if maybe their spouse of 65 years has just died or maybe a child has just been diagnosed with cancer. Everyone has their own problems to think about and that distracts us from what we should be doing when we are behind the wheel. Hopefully that little old lady made it home safetly. If it had been me I just might have followed her to ask if I could be any help to her. You just never know...
Guilty as charged! Not having a lot of patience for poor or distracted driving is one of my absolute WORSE faults; I admit it! Sadly, most of the time, it's NOT a little old lady going for medicine; it's some 16 year old too busy talking on a cell phone to drive the car, and THAT bothers me!
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