My Experience:
Today, Monday, March 23, 2026 while I was driving my two dogs Angel and Bailey for a long overdue grooming, going the speed limit down Hwy 101, when the car in front of me stopped suddenly as if they just realized "Oh, there is my turn". They stopped in front of me with very little warning. I knew impact was coming and just thought... "Oh no, I'm going to hit them [going 40+ in 55 mile zone], full force!" I did not have time to think what to do to avoid this impact, and noticed it was a small white compact car which would have been a horrible crash on both ends!
I tried turning away ... the impact point was the right rear bumper, an unavoidable impact. But suddenly, it was as if someone took control of my steering wheel and did a hard fast turn into a ditch, a deeper then normal ditch. I flew down that embankment and was still going pretty fast at the bottom of this ditch! There, ahead of me as I was flying down the bottom of this ditch, was a tree log! It appeared right there in the middle of this ditch, about the size of a small thickness of a utility pole, maybe 4-5 +/- feet in length. I hit it head on, driver's side. I managed to finally get control of my car and stopped in the ditch to "recalibrate " my situation. I was clearly shaken to the core, dumbfounded over this incredible situation!
I wondered, is my car front end damaged from that log, am I drivable, and most importantly, how was l to get out of this ditch, if there is front end damage... a wrecker? Then I heard clearly, gently, someone wispered: "Your car has front-wheel drive, so just start driving up that embankment, you can do it!" And I did just that as if something gave me a boost up that slope.
I made it back onto the road, still trembling from what just happened, trying to sort things out in my mind. Just as I got back on the road, my phone rang and it was State Farm asking me if I was alright, as they were just notified that I was involved in an accident: "Are you okay, do you need an ambience, a tow truck, were you involved in an accident?" I related to her what happened and that my car seemed drivable, but that I had not found a place to pull over to see if I had damages from the tree log encounter.
I finally managed to pull over at a restraunt while she awaited my inspection report... no damaged to bumper, underneath front end, only a splat of red mud I'm guessing was from the mysterious log I ran over!
My two dogs got tossed around the back seat, and Angel, my little Maltise, was shaken and jumped in the front seat with me. Also, I noticed I hit that ditch bottom so hard it popped the console down in the back seat!
I think I was protected by the prayers of the Saints and a divine intervention [my guardian angel?] What do you think? I'm here to share this encounter with you! What a mighty God we serve.
Here is a Psalm I recall after such an adventure.
Psalm 91: Security of the One Who Trusts in the LORD.
1¶He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
