Contemplating Life From a Ditch

I had the opportunity to do this today as I was driving home from a class that was cancelled. I was driving along 494 when a semi going too fast (in my opinion) fished a little around a curve in the road. I tried to move into the other lane in case the semi lost control and totally lost control of the car. As I was sliding along, driver side door first going with the pattern of traffic, I tried to correct the direction I was facing, swerved around a bit, and then landed in the ditch. I was extremely lucky that there were no cars around me as at one point I was in all three lanes. And I just missed hitting a road sign when entering the ditch. A trooper pulled up about 3 minutes after I was sitting there thinking "why is no one stopping?" He called a tow truck for me and asked if I had enough gas to keep me warm for awhile. I did so off he went to find another stranded driver. He left me with hopes of a tow truck and some orange writing on the car so the tow company would know that it was me they were supposed to help. While I was sitting there I was thinking about how good the last two days have been. I was offered two practicum positions so I was able to choose the one that I feel is best for me, and I also was offered a new part time job working at MN Teen Challenge. I feel like everything is falling into place for me for next year. It really gives me confidence that this is where I am supposed to be in my life at this time. I feel like I have a really hard time distinguishing God's direction from my wants, and have been praying for God to open doors where He wants me to be. That ended my contemplation as the tow truck arrived and I went through the process of getting pulled out of the ditch. Oh, a funny addition, the tow rope broke as he was pulling me and I ended up having three tow trucks to my rescue!

So, next time you see a poor compact car going a little too slowly on the road during bad weather, give them a break, they may have just gotten out of the ditch.