… but, I believe it was a miracle nonetheless! I was literally bent over super deep, muddy, tire tracks chalking tires with some rough hewn fence posts, scraping up gravel from the sides of the road to fill tracks and offer traction, kiddos were hauling over more lumber they found, cory was unhooking our tow pickup and trailer and constantly adjusting boards, between trying to carefully ease our big rig out of a mud pit in Ohio.
You see… we were just stopping at Cuyahoga Valley National Park on our pretty short drive this Sunday early afternoon. We followed the signs to the RV/ trailer parking and that’s when it all went south. Literally; SOUTH. Our motorhome with tow trailer and truck sunk deep down into this grass/ gravel/ very wet mud. There was no stopping it from happening or a quick fix to get us out. We were very stuck and we all hit the ground moving to work together with whatever resources we could find.
It was so great to all be working together and happily at that! We weren’t in a good situation, but we were working together and cooperating and laughing when we could… little did we know we’d be making memories of such importance today. We made memories of mud seeping into our tennis shoes, memories of hunting for logs, rocks, sticks, gravel, whatever we could find. We made the kind of memories that we will be sharing with our grand kiddos and generations to come!
Now, jump back to the miracle part!!! I was bent over scooping up gravel into my makeshift traffic-cone- shovel and asking God to send one person to help pull us out. Cars and trucks and trains and people walking and biking and running were constantly passing us. We just needed one persons help and we were getting more and more desperate for it the longer we were working so hard in the rain and mud. I am not even kidding when I say that I was mid-sentence asking God to send help when I hear Hayden yell… “He’s coming to help us!” I looked up and sure enough… there was a family in a giant white dodge truck coming to help us! We had some ratchet straps with us and together the motorhome was pulled out in about five minutes after praying!
Now I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like I’m so busy asking for the one miracle that I think I need most (healing)… That I nearly overlook the ones that He performs for us in the every day moments. You can call it a coincidence or you can call it pure fate… But I know what my prayer was for and how our great God answered in the moment we needed it most!
Jeremiah 32:27 “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind, is anything too hard for me?”
I wouldn’t have hit the road today seeking this sort of a chaotic adventure… but I’m beyond blessed that we had this opportunity to see God provide! I loved working with my family, and of course we documented it in pics too… because I want to remember this answered prayer- miracle forever. God knew I needed to see some good from Him in a season that has been filled with so much hard stuff. Sometimes I feel like I just need to see Him move. Today God moved for me, not like I expected. But of course in His perfect way!
Psalm 66:19 “But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.”
I’m continuing to seek Gods healing in my body and family and I’m encouraged today that He does see and hear me. HE knows my every thought. He hears my prayers and He; more than anyone, including myself knows exactly what I need and when!
Hanging onto Hope and Living It out!
XO
Sincerely, Dani
I John 5:14“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.
P.S… We still saw this gorgeous National Park and have arrived safely in Erie, PA for the night! Onto Niagara Falls tomorrow!
Storlie Fam: (forgot our group pic😡)
Breeden Fam: (forgot our group pic😰)
Duncan Fam:
York Fam:
Where are those hubbys of ours? York’s again:
My Parents:
Underwood Fam: (again, no group pic)
LaMonica Fam:
Mom and Daddy:
Chowning Fam: (forgot group pic😬)
