"I didn't have time to hit the brakes!"

I heard the sirens as we were loading up to head to the school. I told the kids, "from the sounds of the noise, there must have been a pretty big bang up." Two minutes later we arrived at the spot of the above picture. What caught my attention right away, was the color and model of the car, and I realized it was Corinne Newton's car. Obviously, she, along with her brother and sister (Cody and Lacey), had been in some kind of accident on the way to the school/church. I felt a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach and upon scanning my eyes across the whole sorry mess, I saw a crowd of folks (many of them were heading to the school as well) standing around, as the paramedics tended to the hurt, mainly Cody.
Apparently, the driver of the black car hit a parked truck and "bounced" across a turn lane, directly entering the opposite traffic lane, hitting Corine head on. You can see, by the fluid trail, the direct impact slammed Corine's car backward and then spun her around across the street, facing the opposite direction she was travelling. Why or what the other driver was doing is not known.
Thankfully, there were no major injuries, other than the girls getting banged up, and Cody...well, he was in the back seat and his collar bone took the brunt of the impact. I think his collar bone said something like, "Snap! I can handle a lot of pressure, but this is too much and I'll be out of commission for awhile!!"...it could have been much worse.

Afterward, what struck me about this mishap is that Corine noted, "I didn't have time to hit the brakes!" She saw the other car hit the truck across the street, but had no reflexive time to prepare when the same car appeared in her lane. Too many times we put off today what we think we can do tomorrow, when there is no guarantee of a tomorrow. Have you heard the words, "I know I need to get right with God...I just have some things I need to get straight." Lame...and we all have been sucked into thinking that somehow we have the ability to control the future.

James 4:14-15
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
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