While visiting our daughter and son-in-law over Thanksgiving, she shared a story of what she considered to be “a God thing” which gave her a much-needed wake-up call.

Our son-in-law has shared with us on many occasions that our daughter has a “road rage issue”. I’m sure we all know what road rage is having experienced it ourselves either as the giver or the receiver. Neither one is pleasant and can result in dire results. Our son-in-law cautioned his wife numerous times to curb her behavior, but to no avail. This incident however, helped her to see her problem.

She was on her way to church and the person in front of her had stopped in a traffic circle, apparently not knowing what to do. No one else was in the circle so she wasn’t waiting for someone else to proceed.  Our daughter angrily yelled at the person (although they couldn’t hear her fortunately) and of course honked her horn in disgust. This prompted the person to move slowly forward. At that point, our daughter drove slowly behind her and to her surprise, followed her right into the church parking lot.

She was embarrassed and decided she wouldn’t get out of the car until the woman went into the church, but the woman was talking on the phone and church was about to start.  Our daughter got out to go in and at the same time the woman decided to do the same thing. The other woman happened to have parked closer so she got there first and held the door open for our daughter who was mortified by her behavior just a few minutes earlier. She sat down and the woman sat in the same pew a few seats away. When it was time to pass the peace, the woman came right over to her and greeted her as if nothing had happened.

Our daughter was ashamed of herself and her behavior and took this as a nudge from the Lord to mend her ways. The other woman was so gracious and forgiving. It gave my daughter pause and she realized that sometimes God talks to you through songs, social posts, circumstances, coincidences and thoughts. It really hit home and she has vowed to mend her road rage issues as a result of this incident and the Holy Spirit speaking to her. I was pleased to hear her come to this conclusion and I’m sure her husband was as well.

Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16

Listen for God talking to you in his way and time and giving you guidance when it is needed.  This is just one more way God shows us He loves us unconditionally and wants the best for us.  Thanks be to God!

Patty