Under the Shadow of HIS Wings ~ Psalm 91

 Jennifer Lynn Joy © 2003

The Oregon drizzle greeted me as I was leaving the apartment to run an errand. Drizzle is gray, wet, cold, damp, windy, rainy Oregon winter weather. Happy New Year! The first day of 2003 had arrived and I was pondering, what is a Happy New Year? I mean really! I have been hearing that phrase for over fifty years and what does that really mean?

Traveling slowly through traffic, a horn blared behind me. Truly, I hate horns. They are loud, abrasive, rude, and jolt the peace right out of you! Looking around I could not see anyone I recognized so continued through the intersection. The horn blared again. To my left was a bright red tow truck, manned by a driver waving at me. I don’t know any tow truck driver’s I thought as I pulled over. I checked my mental list - lights on, trunk closed, doors closed, doors locked…every thing seemed in order. He knocked on the window as I rolled it down and said very politely, “Ma’am, you have a flat tire.” This must be part of the Happy New Year I was pondering before. The monogram patch on his blue uniform says, Mike. He seemed like a nice guy and then asked me if I had AAA, which, unfortunately I didn’t.

After a bit of discussion and him explaining that because it is a holiday, the car dealership, which is just two blocks away, is closed. Then he offers to change the flat tire.“ Just take a couple of minutes,” he said as he quickly retrieves the needed tools from the tow truck. The mini-donut tire does not come equipped with air so he filled it with a tiny red compressor. It was the very last bit of air in the compressor. With the expertise of someone who has changed hundreds of tires, within minutes, the replacement tire is in place. In that small space of time, I learned that Mike was married. He had an emergency call early this morning where a man died at the scene of the accident and that he was on his way to another call. Boldly, I asked him outright, “Are you an angel?” Laughing, he said, “Some say I am, some say I ain’t.” Quickly packing up his tools, throwing the flat tire with a large screw imbedded in it into the trunk, he exhorts me to have a “HAPPY NEW YEAR!”

Usually the grace of GOD overwhelms me and this was another one of those moments. Praying a blessing over Mike as I started the car, in my spirit I hear, Under the Shadow of the Wings of the Almighty. The LORD GOD is so faithful to protect, provide and take care of HIS own!

My prayer for you is that you will have this kind of NEW YEAR! That before you know the need, the LORD will send the answer. That before you could even think to pray or ask for help, HE will intervene and show up on the scene. That the sounds that you associate with bad news, will become sounds that you associate with good news. That you will find yourself talking with one of GOD’s messengers and perhaps rejoice that you were the one that survived the car wreck. That the LORD GOD will send all that you need including just enough air to fill your tires to keep you on HIS Path for HIS GLORY!

Do you hear it? The sound of a car horn blasting - Oh, that must be good news…

HAPPY NEW YEAR!  ~ HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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FEBRUARY 2006 HIS HOLY HEALING POWER! Sent to: Shielah Driscoll, Albany, OR, USA Scriptures: Acts 10:38, Acts 8:19, Romans 15:13, Luke 1:35, Revelation 20:6, Malachi 4:2, Psalm 149, Matthew 4:23, Matthew 9:35, Luke 9:6, Luke 9:11, Revelation 21 and Revelation 22. Handmade by Jennifer Lynn Joy