Dear Family and Friends,
As many of you know, I had a car accident on April 26th in which my neck was broken and my car was totaled. I was able to go home from the hospital the night of the accident with just a neck brace because the breaks were not out of alignment and no surgery was necessary. I praise God for sparing my life and protecting me from worse injury. Throughout this time of my recovery, I have been very blessed by many notes, text messages, comments, gifts, visits, phone calls, etc. It meant a lot to know that you all were praying for and thinking about me. The neck brace is off and I should be fully recovered after some therapy and a few more weeks!
Although I was unaware of this during the first few weeks after the accident, John and Noel McCloy (some very dear friends of mine and the leaders of the College and Career Mission Team at my church) immediately began looking for a car for me and contacting Western Hills Church, and my family members about contributing to a fund for the car. With the help of Tom and Kay Hill, as well as their son (and probably some others I am unaware of) John found a 2002 silver Mitsubishi Galant for me!
On May 17th, the College and Career Mission Team met in my family’s home for our Thursday night meeting. Before the meeting began, John handed me a box that two members of our group (Bethany and Caleb Martin) had designed and carved. After admiring the box for a while, I opened it, to discover a set of keys and a title for my new car!!! The whole group went outside with me, where I saw the car for the first time. John told me that the car’s only owner is a mechanic, so the car is in great condition. My first two cars didn’t have automatic locks, windows, and trunk openers or a CD player, so I was very excited to discover that this one does. And, to top it all off, the car even has nice rims. ;)
Through the love and generosity of my family and friends, the gift of this car has become a reminder of Who God is. My mom tells me that I was asking a lot of questions about the wreck that night at the hospital, one of them being, “Is my car totaled?” When she told me that it was, I said, “God’s already given me 2 cars. He’s not going to give me another one!” Well, God sure showed me up. My new car reminds me that God is “The Mighty One, God the Lord,” who “speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting” (Ps. 50:1) and that “every beast of the forest…the cattle on a thousand hills...and all that moves on the hills” are His (Ps 50:10-11). He also reminded me that I should never say that He can’t or won’t do something; that there is no limit to His love, mercy, and generosity; that He has promised to “supply every need of [mine] according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:19); and that He loves to take care of His children.
The gift of my new car has also served as an example of what the church of Jesus Christ should look like. To all of you -- members of this church -- I would like to say: thank you for coming together so that, like the early church, there would not be “a needy person among [you]” (Acts 4:34). You all have demonstrated how the church takes care of each other by letting me know you were praying, encouraging me, and giving me a car. “By this, all people will know that you are [His] disciples, [because] you have love for one another” (Jn. 3:35). When I tell people about your acts of love, they will know that you are His disciples. I will be able to tell others who might not have been loved like they should be by the church that I know a lot of Christians who love each other. I am so blessed to have so many Godly, loving friends and family.
With much love and gratefulness,
Megan
