Monday Manna - Stories of God's Goodness #4

 

Hello Sweet Peas....

Hope you and yours are doing well, and enjoying this time of year.

Well, my story today happened, I would

 estimate about 12+ years ago.

Hubby and I were out for a bike ride,

 and we were riding on the sidewalk that

 is beside a roadway, and since it had been

 raining for days before, when we got to

 one area, the trees were hanging way

 lower than normal cause of all the

 wet leaves.

So when we got to that area we sort 

of had to bend over the handlebars 

to go under the tree branches which

was fine, but due to paying attention

to that, when we came out from under

the branches my front bike wheel

was way too close to the edge of the

sidewalk and my first instinct was to 

jerk the wheel to the left, but in my

head I heard "go for the grass", which

was to the right, where there was a

small strip of grass about 4 ft. wide,

 and on the other side of that grass 

was the roadway with a car coming.

Anyway, I went for the grass, and as

soon as my front bike tire hit the 

grass, the bike just stopped because

it was so soft and muddy, but I flew

 over the handle bars, as my poor hubby

watched in shock and fear, as he had

known of people breaking their neck

from flying over the handle bars.

Well, I landed on the top of my head, 

in the middle of that muddy swale and 

rolled to a sitting position.

 Then Hubby rushed over to see if I was

 okay, as cars went by, and I said I'm not

 sure give me a minute.  So I sat for a

few minutes and then he helped me get

up, we noticed I had some bruises on

my legs, but I felt okay, so we were

 only about 5 or so minutes from home,

So we rode our bikes on home, and

by the time we got home, the bruises

on my legs were gone, which was such

a surprise, but I was starting to feel

a lil sore, so I took some ibuprophen

and took a nice hot shower and felt

better, but in the morning I was so

thankful I had taken the ibuprophen

and taken that hot shower cause

I could hardly get out of bed the  

next day I was soooo sore.  lol

I Also had bruised my hip bone as

I flew over the handlebars. but had

no breaks of any kind.

Anyway, I knew that voice I heard

was the Lord, cause I knew if I had

 jerked that wheel to the left that

 outcome would have not been good 

as I would have landed on concrete

instead of a soft muddy ground that

gave with my impact, and I also landed

 right in the middle of the swale but

 could have landed in the roadway 

and could have been hit by a passing 

car. I had a few days of soreness but

 other than that I was in good shape. 

The Lord spared me once again.

 Praise the Lord for His goodness

to me..............

Have a lovely week.

Love and Blessings,

Nellie