tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322140320680326931.post88034903334760053..comments2023-11-02T09:33:26.807-05:00Comments on Baby Love Slings: God's hand of protectionFarrahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09007898882390399053noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322140320680326931.post-67320015307753255922007-10-30T19:48:00.000-05:002007-10-30T19:48:00.000-05:00ASH!!! Unbelievable! Call me soon.ASH!!! Unbelievable! Call me soon.Farrahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09007898882390399053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322140320680326931.post-22350710282900748232007-10-30T18:41:00.000-05:002007-10-30T18:41:00.000-05:00His hand of protection extends to your sis in Sout...His hand of protection extends to your sis in South Florida too! Thursday night I went downtown to go to a movie with a friend, and after I stayed to listen to some live music. One song turned into two...and then it was 3 a.m. (I can hear all the gasps from the moms...). Downtown Ft. Laud is a second home to me and my girlfriends--we know the bad parts of town, we always walk together...I thought we had it to a perfect science. Well, I had a friend walk me to the parking garage and we split ways there. I managed to lose my token (automated parking meter allows you to leave when you insert the token)so when I saw a parking attendant I thanked God that I wouldn't be wandering around by myself. The parking attendant ended up cornering me, and making me pay him $100 just to get out of the garage when the sign said "lost token $25". At first I refused to pay--but when I realized he wasn't going to let me out until I did, I paid--but he still didn't let me go. I called 911. When the cops came, he had already given me the token, but kept my money. He had kept me there for 45 minutes even after I paid. The cops came, and were absolutely no help-- only costing me more time. So...the point?<BR/><BR/>I was furious--as a law student, having been extorted and held against my will, I was outraged and full of threats of legal action. That is, until the next day when I took my car in to get the battery replaced. As my loyal and 100% trustworthy mechanic raised the hood, he gasped and called me over. There was the battery--covered in battery acid, the plastic casing completely melted... It had not looked that way the night before when I gave it a jump to go downtown (I had left my lights on...thought it would recharge). Mark said I should consider myself a very very lucky woman--that the condition of the battery could be equated with live dynamite--and the fact that it didn't blow me up is a miracle.<BR/><BR/>Its obvious to me what happened. The night before...had I started my car when I wanted to go home, it would have blown. It probably cooled off during the time the guy was holding me there--or when i was arguing with the cops...<BR/><BR/>God's Hand...saying I have a second chance on life is an understatement.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650288040882534861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322140320680326931.post-62211812023920315612007-10-09T21:25:00.000-05:002007-10-09T21:25:00.000-05:00I am SO glad you are both ok. GOd always watches o...I am SO glad you are both ok. GOd always watches over us, but we as humans out ourselves in dangerous situations without even realizing it. I am the same way you are, sometimes driving scares the wits out of me and I have been driving for 20+ years. This is just one of many, many things we have to trust God with on a day to day basis.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726796954968328204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322140320680326931.post-36785219875002772102007-10-08T19:49:00.000-05:002007-10-08T19:49:00.000-05:00That's such a hard thing for moms, learning to tru...That's such a hard thing for moms, learning to trust that God has it under control. I think most women are prone to try to control things and to worry about all of the things that we can't control. I have experienced so many times in my life as a mother when fear has nearly paralyzed me. I even spent a while not wanting my kids to play outside because I was afraid of snakes and black widow spiders. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder that our days are in God's hands, and that He can actually control those things. If I try to control too much I actually end up doing harm to my children. They may miss playing outside, but they may also miss learning to trust God for themselves.TwoSquareMealshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01000292109449832461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2322140320680326931.post-88544296149915285932007-10-08T16:08:00.000-05:002007-10-08T16:08:00.000-05:00Oh wow. I don't know what to say first: I'm so so...Oh wow. I don't know what to say first: <BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry that happened to you - I'm almost crying with you just reading it! I'm so glad you both were ok. <BR/><BR/>I totally feel the same about driving - so dangerous, so scary. <BR/><BR/>Wow, what a great lesson to tie it all in. Thanks - you're a great blogger!Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316677018586769316noreply@blogger.com