“DEALING WITH THE RESIDUE” By Tammy Maseberg, August 27, 2013
Two of my boys and I were sitting at a light, the third car back, that day when a garbage truck took the corner too fast. It tipped up on two wheels and nearly fell over on us. I couldn’t react to move the car out of the way. Had the driver not been able to right the truck and be on his way, we would’ve been crushed.
Did we survive? Yes. Did God protect us and the others? Yes—absolutely. The initial event lasted how long? Five seconds, tops.
Then, why did my insides feel all wiggly for the rest of the day? It’s not because I questioned whether or not we were okay. I knew we were. Or, if God had been the One to protect us. I knew I had experienced a miracle firsthand. And, yet the after affect—the residue—of what happened lingered for hours. Even when I wasn’t thinking about the incident, my body remembered and would not stop shaking. (more…)