Sermon on the Highway

After Merryck and I fell, Ace was fuming mad, sitting in the back seat, solemn, with his arms crossed tightly in front of him. You could feel his displeasure rise, like the heat of the Vegas desert. He said, "Why do we even try to have fun? Look at all the crap God has put us through! We're never going on a vacation again!"

I answered calmly saying, "Sweetheart, you could look at it negative like that or you can look at it positive like, 'Thank you God for keeping us safe!"

Even though he was behind me and out of my sight, I knew there was a 'What? Are you crazy?' look on his face, which I quickly said, "No! I'm not going loopy on you baby boy." I looked at him in my visor mirror and our eye's locked," Let me explain. Take the first car overheating. God allowed Michelle enough insight to watch the gauges and know we had a problem. Then we pulled off at the exact exit to come across that angel of a truck driver who cooled down the car and taught you what to do if it happened again. Right?" He shook his head slightly.

I went on, "Which brought us to Vegas, where the head gasket blew. Again you asked 'Why?' Well that car was undependable. Without that happening when it did we could have gotten stranded on that oven of a highway between Vegas and California, definitely ending our trip. Plus God gave you a friend, who was willing to go out of his way and who trusted you enough to use his personal credit card for us to have a dependable car for the length of our trip. True?" He nodded yes a bit more.

I continued,"How many times did we get lost and we seemed to stumble back on the right path? Too numerous to count. Correct? That was no accident. Honey, that was God!" His head started bobbing up and down. A smile came slowly to his lips.

I resumed my sermon, "Last, but not least! Merryck got hurt not once, but twice. We could have ended up finding out what an ER room looks like in CA or Cipio, but it never happened. I believe God kept the baby safe both times. When he fell off the bed, he landed on his back, not his head, on a carpeted floor. Then when we fell together, 'Thank God!' my arm was in between his head and the cement. It could have been worse. Praise Him that it wasn't. Besides no one remembers an uneventful trip. We have an awesome story of God's power, which shows how much He cares for us all. This has been an unforgettable trip!"

Suddenly Ace's whole body language changed, bouncing in his seat, he asked us, "So where are we going to vacation next year?"

Never will I leave you or forsake you.

Hebrews 13:5

I am blessed

Merrym Dawn Mathis Bruce