Thank God!

By Celine

Here's to testify of how great our God is! 3 Sundays ago, as I was making my way to church, something happened to me that resulted in me feeling shocked initially, but soon, I was so overwhelmed by what God has done that I just can't thank God enough.

Before I reveal to you the details of my story, I got a question to ask. Do you have this habit of sitting at a particular spot in the bus? Haha... I have this habit! Now you must be wondering why I asked this question right?

This is what happened...


On that Sunday, I boarded bus 79 from Jurong East Bus Interchange. Usually, I will always walk toward the rear of the bus and sit down at the right side of the bus (Given if it is a single-deck bus). Something unusual that day was, I boarded the bus, still sitting on the right side of the bus, but it was at the front part of the bus! I didn't find it anything weird or amazed at that time yet, until I saw something just uncovered before my very eyes.

The bus that I was in had already reversed out of its berth and just when it was making its way out of the interchange, right where I was seated, I saw another bus reversing at a super fast speed, as though he was speeding on a highway! Note that the driver was reversing, not driving yet!!

Before long, I saw the other bus reversing without checking out if there are any buses behind. In spilt seconds time, the reversing bus crashed into the bus that I was in. It was the first time I saw 2 large panels of glasses (on the right side of the rear of the bus) shattering into pieces right before me. At the moment when I witnessed this accident, I was dumbfounded to know how I have been protected and covered in God's love and protection! As I looked back and reflected on all that had happened within that few minutes, I know that it is never by chance that I sat at the front of the bus that morning. It was none but God who is always there with me and for me, shielding me with Himself. It was His love, grace and protection over me that left me totally unharmed!

And I am so thankful that God allowed this incident to happen because it not only testifies and shows that He is a mighty God, but also a God who is always with us even when no one is there for us.

Have you been so caught up with things of this world that you forgot to take time to just look around you and appreciate the things created by our Creator? It's never too late to draw back to Him. He just needs you to take that one little step and God will take the rest of the 99 steps to draw near to you. In the midst of your busyness, take time to retreat into solitude and silence in God to hear from Him.

Be still and know that He is God!