Author Topic: Almost got killed last night. (Read 2748 times)

parentsfortruth · « **on:** August 08, 2011, 02:03:11 PM »

So I'm driving down the road with my husband for a late-night trip because we ran out of water, and there's this off ramp from the highway and there's a set of lights there.

The lights were solid green for us, and, hey, it's green, so I'm heading towards the intersection.

All of a sudden, I see this oversized load truck coming barrelling down the off ramp of the highway, and he RUNS THE RED LIGHT at no less than 45 mph right in front of us.

I felt the blood drain from my face. Right after this happened, my husband and I were talking about how we wouldn't have even known what hit us and we would have been totally DEAD if that guy had hit us with however heavy that load was. It was big.

Then I realized shortly after this happened, that I had the Saint Joseph prayer in my purse that I carry with me. On the card I have, it says this:

Whoever reads this prayer or hears it or carries it, will never die a sudden death, nor be drowned, nor shall poison take effect on them; neither shall they fall into the hands of the enemy, nor be burned in any fire, nor shall they be overpowered in battle.

Thank you, Saint Joseph. :shocked:

MyrnaM · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2011, 02:08:39 PM »

Happy to know you are alive and well, one never knows if this is day we will meet our Judge.

So, are you still pregnant, no baby Ruth yet?

BTW, I may be all wrong on this, but I always thought that the "sudden death" meant a death that the person was not ready for, meaning they were not in the state of grace. If a person was in the state of grace, a quick death would be okay, with me. Now as I said, maybe I got this all wrong and the promise is what it say, "sudden death" period.

Am I totally wrong?

parentsfortruth · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2011, 02:24:50 PM »

That's an interesting question. I always assumed that a sudden death meant just that: You died suddenly with no preparation.

Believe me, I don't want a protracted death either, but I want one I am prepared for should it be.

Daegus · « **Reply #3 on:** August 08, 2011, 02:31:17 PM »

I've been so jumpy and afraid of death lately that when there was some turbulence on my flight back to Canada last night, I thought I would die. That's how startled I was. There was a large thud and the plane began to descend dramatically and within a time span of 2 seconds it felt like I the plane was going to crash. Luckily we didn't but man.. Luckily the seatbelt symbol was on because I'm sure anyone standing up would have been thrown around like a ragdoll. Just looking outside at the wing and seeing it flap like a piece of paper in the wind is daunting..

Even the little things get you thinking about how you can perish. We shouldn't take this life for granted...

MyrnaM · « **Reply #4 on:** August 08, 2011, 03:15:22 PM »

Daequs, I assume you are in the State of Grace, so you shouldn't be afraid of death per se, however God gave all of us this instinct to survive, and that kicks in when something like what you described happens. I don't think that this means you are afraid of death.