I stumbled out of the red car next to the freeway. Just struck by a moving car at full speed, my head spun and I was a bit disoriented and dizzy. My head hit the windshield on impact. Instinct took over as I moved a good distance from the car and plopped down on the grass trying to get my bearings.
I looked up and saw a blonde man with long hair walking my way from the other side of the highway. He got out of a silver van with a medical kit in hand. Funny, he wasn’t dressed like an Emergency Medical Technician. He took my arm and grabbed by attention slowly saying, “You…are…going….to…be…okay.” At that moment we both knew we weren’t talking about my current medical condition.
I had been going through a terrible storm in my personal life. I knew it was stormy and dark ahead. I knew God was with me and I knew in my head it would be okay…and yet…I was afraid, very afraid. Once this blonde man grabbed my arm and proclaimed my well-being a peace washed over me. It would be okay. He would take make sure of that.
At that moment paramedics arrived with sirens blaring from the other direction. From a distance the blonde man yelled out my vitals and instructions with authority. I looked up and he was gone! It was fifty feet to that van. He and the van vanished in an instant.
The paramedics got me in the ambulance and took me to the emergency room. Most of the evening visitors filled my room. My head still hurt and I was woozy. After several visitors I finally asked one nurse, “What is all the fuss about?” The nurse patted my toes gently and said, “They want to see the miracle. Nobody here can believe you survived.” I looked puzzled. She went on, “You have to understand, we see these injuries all the time. We’ve seen people killed at 30 mile an hour full impact. We have never, and I mean never seen someone walk away from full impact at 70 miles an hour. Somebody up there likes you.” This much I knew.
Somebody up there did like me. So much so, He came and cleared away the wreckage in my life. He even died for me and all my mistakes past, present and future. He wants me with Him always. He comes to wipe away all the hurt, pain, regret, and fear in our lives. He does this at the cross for you and me. All you have to do is to believe it. Even when that is too much, He provides a helping hand to help over the rough spots.
Moses was talking to the Lord one day, he knew he was to take the Children of Israel to the Promised Land, he just didn’t quite know how it was going to go. He inquired of the Lord. Ex 33:12 “Lord, you have been telling me, ‘Take these people to the Promised Land’. But you haven’t told me whom you will send with me. You have told me, ‘I know you by name, and I look favorably on you.’ 13 If this is true that you look favorably me, let me know your ways so that I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor.’”
Moses did learn more about the Lord in due time over the course of forty years in the desert. The Lord replied to Moses, “I will personally go with you, Moses, and I will give you rest-everything will be fine for you.”
God reassured Moses it would all turn out okay. He eased the fears of the man who would lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into the wilderness. God is with us as He leads us out into the wilderness. It is harsh out there, it is cold, dark and seems like it will go on forever…but it won’t. God is with you, by your side every moment. He will get you through.
It has been ten years since that day on the highway. In that time, I’ve seen God do amazing things in my life. He had important stuff for me to do. I’ve been able to love my family & friends and serve Him with gladness. With all honesty, I don’t know what really happened on that grassy knoll overlooking the highway. Was it a dream? Did I hallucinate? Or…did God send one of His holy angels to provide comfort and care when the wreckage of my life overwhelmed me. I’ll find out that answer to that question when I arrive to the pearly gates and ask for the guy with blonde hair to thank him.
In the meantime, I know somebody up there likes me-no loves me. And He loves you too. Enough to handle to wreckage in my life. He loves you too. He will handle the wreckage in your own life. It’s true.

Blessings,
Casey
Casey Salminen

Founder Blessed & Inspired