All Things
Jesus looked at them and said, “With
man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:26
“I've never seen anything like it,”
Trooper Everson, a seasoned veteran from the Ohio State Highway
Patrol, said as he related the events of Gabe's crash to his family.
“I thought it was only the driver
involved when I rolled up on the wreck. I remember being thankful for
that, as any passengers would have been killed as well. That's when I
heard a soft cry for help behind me. I turned, and saw an arm waving
just above the high grass in the middle of the field. Someone had
evidently been ejected from the vehicle,” he said, nodding toward
Gabe.
They could see he was replaying it in
his mind, “When I got to the spot, a nurse was working on your son,
said she'd just happened upon the wreck. Business-like she says, 'We
need a chopper and a medic, now.'
“As I grabbed my remote mic, this
medic shows up out of nowhere, said he heard about the wreck on his
radio. As he knelt, the nurse gave him Gabe's vitals, and she stood.
I watched for a moment as the medic attended Gabe. When I turned to
thank the nurse and get her name for the report, she was gone! There
was nowhere she could have gone that fast...but that's what she
was...gone!
“Then, Akron Hospital says they can't
send a chopper because of the high winds, and we'd have to transport
by ground. All of a sudden, this voice comes over the mic, 'Just hang
on, I'll be there in fifteen minutes!' said he was a Columbus
Life-Flight pilot.
“Twelve minutes later that chopper
landed, and the medic and I loaded Gabe. Turns out the pilot was a
Vietnam chopper-jockey, said he'd flown in a lot worse circumstances
than this! Said when he heard the call come over the radio a sense of
urgency came over him, said he knew your son's life hung in the
balance.
“No, I've never seen anything like
what I witnessed today...ever!”
†
There are times and circumstances in
life that we have no explanation for, we simply must accept them as
supernatural intervention, or coincidence.
Whether we believe that “all things
are possible with God” is determined by our belief of Who God is.
Gabe's experience, though extreme, is
not unique. I have personally been the recipient of, and spoken to
countless others who have experienced God's conspicuous handling of
desperate situations.
You either believe what today's text
says about God, or you chalk Gabe's situation up to coincidence. Both
conclusions require faith; one based in a Loving Creator, the other
in a universe full of random acts that have no meaning.
Prayer
“Father God, help me to
truly believe that 'all things' means that nothing is impossible for
You. Amen.”
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