Sweet mercy...

How ironic is it that we have a guest preacher on Sunday morning and his topic is "mercy"? How ironic is it that Jason's message for the youth on Sunday also revolved around "mercy"? And then the most ironic...that very thing...mercy...is what saved the lives of FOUR of our seniors on Saturday night?!!!

Let me back up.

Saturday night we met with our senior class at Chili's for dinner. Afterward they headed over to our house for several rousing rounds of Spoons and Catch Phrase. It was a great night - full of laughter, bonding, friendship, and encouragement. Our time with these students is beginning to fade and we treasure each moment spent with them.









As the night got later, it was apparent that our bedtime had approached (yes, we go to bed at 10pm!!! not 1am!!!) and we began to kick the students out! Safety for their ride home is our main concern - not really our sleep! So we got them all safely out the door and started to clean up the house.



Little did we know...God's ministering angels were hard at work! The first accident was just a fender bender. Thankfully no one was hurt...and there was minimal damage.


The second accident was a head-on collision that involved TWO of our students. Both of them were unscathed. The car - totalled.


The third accident involved 485 and a car going over 60 mph. Again - our student walked away completely unharmed (but quite terrified!) and the car - totalled.




Four students - on the same night - all leaving our house.


Jason had each of them come forward on Sunday morning in youth group. Talk about a sobering moment...you could have heard a pin drop. Life is so very fragile. And there is a very REAL enemy who's goal is to steal, kill, and destroy.


But he can not claim the victory over last night - and thankfully he will NEVER claim the victory over our life. Sweet mercy! Sweet grace! Thank you, Jesus!!!