Tuesday, June 28, 2011

And this is another miracle as requested by Lori.

Hearing His Voice (2004)
Julie, my wife of 35 years, and I always began our day with prayer before each of us left the house. We would ask God to watch over us and our children and bring us safely home in the evening. One day in September 2004, that simple prayer yielded amazing results.
I left my home in Smyrna, Tennessee, and drove east on Interstate 40 enroute to Wolf Creek Dam. After driving for about an hour I arrived in Cookeville and prepared to exit I-40 onto Highway 111.
I moved down the exit ramp and came to a stop at Highway 111, which was a divided highway split by a median. To turn left and go north, I would have to cross the southbound lanes and the median before making my turn. I waited for traffic to pass and moved across to the median. Looking south, I could see several vehicles approaching on the two-lane highway, two in the lane closest to me and others farther back in the far lane. As the two closest to me passed and my lane was now open I accelerated my Chevy S-10 pickup and turned left.
Just before reaching the pavement, I distinctly heard someone say, “Don’t do that!” and turned the wheel more to the left to put me on the shoulder instead of the highway. An 18-wheeled tractor trailer roared by in the lane I had been about to enter! The driver had been in the far lane seconds before when I stepped on the gas to go forward but evidently even then was in the process of moving left into the lane I would have to enter.
I immediately knew God had warned me. When he said, “Don’t do that!” I knew what He meant for me not to do and what he meant for me to do instead. As the back of the huge truck receded in the distance, I thanked God for the warning, and for answering prayers Julie and I prayed just a short time before. He or His guardian angel had been on the seat beside me and knew I was about to drive into the path of the speeding semi which would not have been able to stop or avoid me. My small S-10 pickup would have been crushed by the oncoming rig.

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