In an Instant

We were on our way to IHOP for a late night snack after the evening service at Campmeeting. Sitting at the traffic light in front of Wal Mart, we were discussing the events of the day when all of a sudden the horrific sound of crashing metal shook all three of us in the car. It seems that as a car was moving across the highway at the traffic light on the way to Wal Mart, another car, coming the opposite way from us on the divided highway, never stopped for the light and went plowing into the unsuspecting car. No screeching breaks. These two cars just crashed into each other at a high rate of speed and ended up piled and crushed together at the front bumper of a truck that was just sitting at the light. Both cars had young children in them. One car had two kids under 5 in the back seat. The other had two children, one under 5 and the other about 10 years of age. In the truck was a mother with her very pregnant daughter. The two cars appeared to be totaled. The children were distraught but not seriously hurt (thank God for car seats that held them all and kept them strapped in). The adults seemed more dazed than physically injured. The police and ambulance workers were on the scene immediately. Joanie and I stayed briefly to provide any help necessary and left when the professionals got on the scene.
All I could think about was how life can change in an instant. This is a fragile existence we lead. You can't live in a bubble and you can't control some things that come crashing in on you. Life can change in an instant. Not just for the negative, but the gospel clearly states that life can change for the good in an instant, as well. The receiving of Jesus Christ as savior can change people's hearts, minds, habits, future, and present. It can change a person over night; in a flash; in the twinkling of an eye; in an instant. If your life is in need of change, remember: Jesus Christ is in the change business. You need not way for an accident to come crashing in to change your life. You can kneel and feel the love that has changed the world and can change your life...in an instant!