I received an email from a gentleman\u00a0I have never met before, but he reads\u00a0my blogs and was letting me know he appreciated some particular thoughts\u00a0I had shared.\u00a0 As\u00a0we were emailing\u00a0back and forth we were discussing our\u00a0shared view on the\u00a0fact that we don’t believe there are coincidences in life. We both believe that everything happens for a reason.\u00a0 He went on to share a personal story with me that was so touching I asked his permission to share it with all of you and he said it would be okay. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Here is the story he shared:<\/p>\n
“One story in particular I feel I should share with you. \u00a0I was working as a lineman in my mid 20’s, it was bitterly cold and snowing. \u00a0Me and one of my crew had put in a long day 14 hours in the cold and we were tired. \u00a0I was driving us back from the work site and I took a wrong turn. \u00a0 Mark was relentless, he was much older than me throwing curse words and insults left and right.<\/span><\/p>\n I was looking for a way to get back on the interstate and noticed a car way off the side of the road, it was white and very hard to see, snow had already covered the cars tire tracks. \u00a0 I pulled over and we walked over to make sure nobody was in the car. \u00a0Inside there was a daughter that was driving her elderly father home from the hospital. \u00a0He still had tubes in his arms and she was crying from the whole event and the fact that nobody was stopping to help.<\/span><\/p>\n There was no way to get a truck back to this car to pull it out so me and my co-worker told her we were going to have to push it out, we told her to gas the car when we started pushing. \u00a0We got behind the car and we put everything we had into pushing this car out of the ditch, she gassed the car and snow and mud were flying everywhere. \u00a0Mark and I were getting pelted by the tire driven snow and mud, slowly it started to give and then all at once they were on their way. \u00a0 All we saw as she started to drive away was her hand waving out of the window.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n We both stood there and looked at each other, \u00a0Mark looked at me and said, there is no way that happened by accident. \u00a0 I drove the rest the way back to the shop thanking God for letting us save two of his children.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I have always loved and felt the presence of God working in my life. \u00a0In good times and bad, God has always been with me and that is what I relate with in your experiences.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Have I had a perfect life, absolutely not. \u00a0I have lived a powerful life though in Christ. \u00a0I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 23 years and have a son that is becoming a better man than me. \u00a0What more can I ask for than that?”<\/span><\/p>\n I am so thankful for the man who sent me that story. It touched my heart and reminded me of just how much God watches out for each of us. Life is good…<\/p>\n Have an amazing day everyone! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I received an email from a gentleman\u00a0I have never met before, but he reads\u00a0my blogs and was letting me know he appreciated some particular thoughts\u00a0I had shared.\u00a0 As\u00a0we were emailing\u00a0back and forth we were discussing our\u00a0shared view on the\u00a0fact that we don’t believe there are coincidences in life. 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\n~Amy<\/p>\n