“The Miracle in the Middle of Danger” by Robin Gilbert

The Lord will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. He will protect you as you come and go now and forever. Psalm 121:7-8 GNT

Have you ever had one of those days when you find yourself sitting at your desk at work, or relaxing at lunch, and you find that you cannot remember driving to work that morning? Have you ever thanked God for your safe arrival but could not remember the trip? It happens to me more often than not, and I often express how grateful I am that in my haste the Lord watched over me. As a matter of fact, I have found that I am not the only one with such praises. At some point, we all arrive safely without recall.

About a month ago, I was driving down a street I drive daily, a street I know by heart, and I ran a red light. I cannot recall ever seeing the light as I rounded the corner. I don’t remember any cars on the street. I don’t remember cars stopped as I continued to drive. I simply don’t remember. But suddenly there I was driving through a red light, and as I drove through the light, I noticed the cars that had the right of way turning into my lane.

Everything happened so quickly that I did not even panic, I did not even recognize what was happening. All I can recall is that one car pulled in front of me and one car slid in directly behind me. There were no screeching brakes; there was no horn blasting. Not one driver, including myself, hit their brakes. Everything was perfectly smooth and normal; nothing was out of place…except me. I ran a red light, and I did not even notice it until I reached the next signal light. As I slowed down, it dawned on me that I had run the light.

I frantically looked around, intending to apologize to those who had the right of way, but no one was upset, no one was looking my way. I was puzzled. I thought to myself, perhaps I had not run the light. As quickly as the thought entered my mind, the scene replayed in my head. I had run the red light, and one car pulled in front while another slid behind me.

I went into the house, and as I was sharing the story with my husband, I began to cry. He lovingly put his arms around me and, with comforting words, he told me everything would be alright. “It’s not that”, I replied. “Then what?” he asked. I closed my eyes and began to speak the 23rd Psalms. At the conclusion, I shared with my husband that God had pushed me into the middle of danger and in doing so performed a miracle.

God loves me so much that He lifted me from the edge and placed me in the middle. He loves me so much that He opened danger and filled it with a miracle.

I did not call on Him. I did not ask for His help. I did not give Him anything. I did not promise Him anything. I did not even obey the rules of the road He had me on, yet He lifted me in all of my wrongness and in the blink of an eye forgave my mistake and placed me in the center of a dangerous situation where He protected me, He forgave me, and He saved me.

There is nothing God will not do for His children. He loves me. He loves you. He loves us so much that in a city, on a street, in the middle of a small-town rush hour, He will protect you from all danger; he will keep you safe. He will protect you as you come and go now and forever.

~ Written by Robin Gilbert ~

Robin is a former Pastor and an ordained minister and a native of Denver, Colorado, who made Huntsville her home in 1982. Robin and her husband, Minister Isaiah Gilbert conduct Real Life Bible Studies through their ministry Our Church Without Walls. She is the founder of the Alabama Christian Business Association, a faith-based nonprofit organization that aids in the startup and connection of Christian owned businesses, and she has authored and published numerous books among which are Dear God…It’s Me – A Meditation Journal, The Ministers Resource Book, and What is…Asked Javien, a Christian children’s book collection.

Robin is a proud mother of four adult children, a mother-in-law and a grandmother of five, which she thanks God for each and every day. A powerful, dynamic, speaker Robin uses the gifts of the Spirit to speak from her heart and soul with a genuine love for whom God made her and for what she does. When asked how and/or why she does all that she does, she simply replies… “I Am The Lord’s”.

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