It’s mid-February and I am relishing our yearly mid-February thaw. The sun is shining, birds are singing and after weeks of low teens and below zero temperatures it restores hope that spring will soon be here!

A few weeks ago, we experienced a lake-effect storm that left visibility to absolute zero in some places. I was driving along the bay and this was suddenly the case. I couldn’t see anything! I quickly prayed, “Father protect me.” Immediately it cleared just enough for me to see a car sitting at a dead stop on the road in front of me. I was traveling, therefore was upon it in a matter of seconds. Yanking the steering wheel hard right, I was right up to the car and could see no space between us. It was so terrifying, I could imagine the impact, and can only think that the Lord must have intervened that we didn’t. Now I’m on the shoulder driving right along the guard rail pushing snow like a plow in my Subaru Outback. My car started to bog, almost stalled and then picked up momentum again and I was able to pull back into the lane, having no idea if anyone was coming or not. When I got back into the lane, a glance in the mirror showed two cars coming up from behind, but were back sufficiently. The car that was stopped, had a car stopped right in front of it, so if we had crashed it would have been a 5 car pile up.

I thank God for His protection.

I don’t know what He did to stop it, but I can’t see how I possibly missed that guy, and it all happened in a matter of minutes.

So, I was headed to the car dealership to get some repairs done on my car. When I arrived I was shaking badly and that remained with me for a couple of hours. I am a good driver, but sometimes the elements are beyond natural abilities.

The car repair was going to take some days, so they were giving me a free rental to drive, and walked me there to get that done. They asked for drivers license and I was stunned to hear them say, “We can’t give you this car, your license is expired.”

What?!

I had no idea I was driving on an expired license, and headed to the Secretary of State to get that taken care of. No license, no repairs, which were desperately needed. Special tip? There was no customers at the D.M.V., likely due to the snow storm. They took care of me immediately–I don’t know what it’s like in your part of the world, but here in Michigan we normally wait hours!

*Correction: I’m told it’s much better now that they have introduced an appointment system. Happy to hear that!

You know I think the whole thing might have been the Lord’s idea? It sounds strange, I know, but I always promptly pay my bills. My husband used to get mad at me because I would start writing checks for the bills, that just came in the mail, before even taking my coat off. I enjoy paying them because to me it is proof that the Lord is taking care of me. If you are struggling to pay your bills, I sympathize with you! I’ve been there and have lived through some hard times. Very hard times! However, since giving my finances to the Lord through tithing and offering, He has steadily increased me; the fact that I can pay my bills is an act of worship to me, in thanksgiving, for His faithfulness to provide. Please think on that. I would like you to experience that same freedom and peace.

So, when I had gone home I went searching for that bill. I couldn’t believe that I had not paid it. I found it. I had actually filled it out to pay by mail, but hadn’t done it. I remembered then, they had sent it over a month early so I wasn’t in a big hurry for this one. I then had turned the envelope over and used it for spur of the moment scrap paper, and then it was all over. I never turned the envelope back over to realize it was a bill.

So this is why I’m wondering if the Lord had a idea in this. If I had sent it in, as planned, it would have been my old license, just renewed; but because I was in person they made me take the test and get a new picture.

Here comes the exciting part. . .

For the first time in my entire life, I no longer have vision restriction on my drivers license!

If you are a new visitor to my blog, then you don’t know that two years ago I went to bed seeing and the next day woke up blind in both eyes! You may read about it by searching for the post titled “A Miracle in Progress.” There is also an update post of the progress titled, “Miracle Progress.” My miracle took several months that not only restored my vision, but I now no longer wear any correction and I no longer have Glaucoma. This was verified by a Glaucoma specialist/surgeon. You may read in detail about it in those posts.

“Oh Lord, my God, I cried to thee for help, and thou hast healed me.” Psalms 30:2

So, I went through the eye test, passed, and as the guy was having me sign, he looked down at the paperwork and said, “Oh, wait, do you have contacts in?” No. He looked puzzled, looked back again at the paperwork, and said, “Do you wear glasses?” No. “You don’t?” No.

So I told him I used to, but then went blind and got a miracle–God healed me! Adding, that I also no longer have Glaucoma.

He was silent.

And then said. “Ok.”

Man of few words. What could he say? I passed the test and he could see I wasn’t wearing contacts. So, I just think God wanted me to have the joy of having my first ever license that said, ‘Restrictions: None.’

I once was blind, but now I see!

I am thankful every day for that.

Don’t tell me God doesn’t heal or that the gifts were only for the Apostles’ time.

I know that’s not true.

Jesus is our Healer!

“And his disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ Jesus answered, ‘It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be made manifest in him. We must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day; night comes, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.’ As he said this, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and anointed the man’s eyes with the clay, saying to him, ‘Go, wash in the pool of Siloam’ (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.” John 9:2-5

“And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who has not the Son of God has not life. I write this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. And this is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him.” I John 4:11-15

“Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5

“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.” I Peter 2:24

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good as long as you live so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” Psalms 103:2-5

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8