Can't sleep. Officers left to notify families of their loss. My heart aches. Girl driving is 35 wks pregnant. Both are stable.
about 7 hours ago from Tweetie
Car just hit our tour bus. We are ok, but 2 of the 3 in the car did not make it. The one that did is pregnant. Please start praying.
about 10 hours ago from Tweetie
Woke up to this tweet from Bart Mallard from the Mercy Me band. They had a gig at the Old Glory Amphitheatre - Six Flags St. Louis Eureka, MO Saturday night but in the early morning hours, there was a crash. The pregnant woman has lost her baby and is in critical condition.
The skeptical part of the christian community would always ask, how could God let a group of those trying to preach his Word get killed in a car accident? It was like it was assumed that special protection was a moral right to be granted without asking. It immediately hit me that this was what they were talking about but someone was killed. It wasn't about special protection but about hitting a big bus. Don't know the size of the car but betting it was no Hummer.
So jumping ahead and assuming that MM had no liability or fault, how do they live with this? Could they ever not think about this crash every time they sing, I Can Only Imagine. Could anything ever be more real? How would it change their lives?
Two other tragedies unfolded before us this week. The Billy Mays family got word yesterday cocaine contributed to his death. Following Young Bill Mayes on Twitter and was heart broken for him as it tried to live out his grief and shock in front of the whole world. His last tweet of the day read;
True or not, nothing has changed.
The other case involves alcohol and marijuana found to be the cause of a July 26 car crash. Daniel Schuler — the tragic Long Island dad whose wife, Diane, killed herself, their daughter, their three nieces and three adults in a horrific wrong-way collision on the Taconic State Parkway near New York City The husband is being very specific that it is not possible that his wife drank and smoked pot but the evidence is making his denial harder by the hour.
Sometimes you have to look dead on and accept what you can't believe. What doesn't seem possible or even, probable. Those times when life is overwhelming and you can't find the answers you are desperate for.
In s strange twist of events, we were in a car accident Saturday afternoon. We are fine, a bit sore and our car will need repairs. A 19 year old girl, in her own words, I just turned away for a moment slammed in the back of us as we were stopped for a red light. She was driving her sister's car and still unclear if there is any insurance - will find out Monday. As we waited for her mom to walk over, I tried to calm her down a bit. It was her first accident so the tears were flowing. I told her it could have been much worse and told her my first accident Story which is great Story in itself and I did get a little smile from her. Offered to go pick up her mom (didn't know how far she had to walk from) but they declined the offer. I told her she would never forget this and for a few days, would drive like a 90 year old woman. She received 2 citations and the immediate wrath of her mother and will experience the delayed wrath of her sister when she returns from vacation.
It's not about what happens to you, its about what you do about it. We have to stop comparing ourselves to each other. Your journey is yours alone. Do justice, love mercy and walk humble with your God.
you can run with with big dogs,
you can fly with the eagles
you can jump through all the hoops,
from your ladder to the top
when it all comes down, it all comes down to the Walk...Steven Curtis Chapman
