Back in August 2003, a dream vacation to Europe and Bermuda to celebrate 25 years of marriage ended in tragedy when Sheila and I were in a motorbike accident on a major throughway in Bermuda. Sheila walked away with only a few minor scrapes, but I was glued to the pavement with a fractured pelvis.
In life things just happen. Not every bad thing in life that happens is caused by the devil. The devil didn’t cause my accident in Bermuda. The combination of inexperienced riders, narrow roads, left-side-of-the-road driving, fast-moving traffic, and bad judgment equaled a disaster waiting to happen. Sometimes the recipes of life include some not-so-good things. However, in those times, if you train your eyes to look for God, you will see that He is still at work.
The Bible tells us, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28).
Here is how we found God working on our behalf and for our good during that time:
•We didn’t go over the edge of the road or under the guardrail.
•There was a group of police officers in training jogging right at that instant and place of the accident. They had the accident scene under control within a few minutes and a couple of them even joined us in prayer.
•The guy behind us had a cell phone for an officer to use.
•The only hospital in the area was only a couple miles away (people bleed to death from pelvis fractures).
•At the hospital in Bermuda, I had a private room with a view of the ocean.
•One of the nurses who transported me back to Seattle had a daughter who attended our church and was praying for her mother to come to know God.
•Without surgery my pelvis healed with no long-term damage.
Sometimes seasons of our lives don’t look good. There were some scary moments throughout that season for our family, but we kept looking for God at work; and in the end, we saw that he really did work all things together for the good. I’ve learned sometimes as experiences touch the taste buds of our lives it doesn’t taste good. It’s not until it gets mixed into the recipe of God’s plan for our lives that we can realize… it’s all good.
