Saving Mrs. Thoman

The following scene is a flashback to our trip to Mexico two weeks ago:

“Why do you guys keep stepping out in front of buses?” Brian said to Brooks and me as the three of us half-trotted across a busy street in downtown Oaxaca dodging a city bus that was not slowing for pedestrians.

“I am not stepping out in front of buses,” I replied emphatically with a strong emphasis on the word “not.”  “I am throwing myself between my wife and oncoming buses because she keeps stepping out in front of them,” with an even stronger emphasis on the word “she.”  This, by the way, was totally true.  Twice, now, she had stepped off the curb into the traffic before I could stop her and the only measure to take was to hurl myself after her.

And now, I finally had a witness.

You see, I have been claiming for years that I have repeatedly saved Brooks’ life on our trips as she casually gets caught up in conversations and meanders into the flow of traffic or across a street with public vehicles that refuse to slow for people.  Okay, so maybe I have not done this singlehandedly, but apparently God has seen fit to assign her at least three additional angels (in addition to myself when I am available) to keep that woman safe!  Many have heard me say that I save Brooks’ life on a regular basis.  Since she denies this, others tend to not take me seriously.

But here it happened right in front of a witness!  Our friend Brian joined us on this trip and was a great companion and partner in ministry.  He saw for himself, with amazement, the need this woman has for supernatural protection!

Okay, so no doubt I have over-estimated my own abilities to protect her, but I still declare, without any shadow of doubt, that there are some additionally assigned angels saving Mrs. Thoman on a regular basis.  For this I am grateful.

Bringing this down home, and on a more serious note, I do think most of us under-estimate the supernatural, miraculous activity taking place around us (our families, our children, our friends) on a daily basis that is guiding us, protecting us, and keeping us on track.  So many times, when we travel, we are aware of this, yet I do not think it is any less real for any of us in our everyday lives.  For this I am also grateful… and want to be more aware of.

So, yes, I have now arrived in Singapore after 31 hours of total travel time which gave me the opportunity to write up this tidbit from the past.