From Amish Peace...
God Sees Through the Fog
My future is in your hands - Psalm 31:15
Every year dozens of Amish lose their lives in automobile-and-buggy accidents. Sometimes the accidents are due to errors on the car driver's part. Other times weather conditions cause the trouble. The Amish Cook, Lovina Eicher, writes about her concerns with going to a family member's wedding in the typical dreary month of November.
It turned out to be a warm and beautiful day for a wedding, the wedding of Joe's nephew Emanul. It was very foggy on our way there. It always makes me nervous to drive the buggy through the fog. We had our blinking lights on, but I'm always afraid someone won't see us in time. I appreciate the covered buggy even more now with cold weather coming on. the wedding services were held at the bride's neighbors in a big buggy shed.
I get nervous driving in the fog in my car. I can't imagine the faith it takes to get into a buggy on a foggy day or evening, knowing how difficult it is for a fast-moving car to see a slow moving-buggy and knowing the damage a collision can cause. Yet if we allow it to, fear will hold us back. Fear will focus our eyes on the danger around us and remove our eyes from God.
"You have decided the length of our lives," we read in Job 14:5. "You know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer." Are you able to trust God with all you have, even when fog surrounds you and you can't see into the future? Even when you aren't sure whether danger is just around the corner?
True faith believes in all times. It does not give up. It ventures out and chooses to connect with others and to celebrate, even when there is potential danger in doing so. Even when you can't see through the fog, God can. He's able to protect you from danger and keep you safe. He holds your life in His hands.
Dear heavenly Father, thank you for all the times You protect me when I don't even know about it. You are my shield. You are a wall around me.
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