Could've been dead...

While driving home from work Saturday afternoon I hit a patch of black ice and happened to accelerate in my rear wheel drive pickup while on it which sent me careening sideways into a ditch at roughly 50 mph (never thought to take a picture...pretty scary looking).

Miraculously (does this invalidate miracles for those to whom the following doesn't happen?) there was no oncoming traffic so there were no injuries or accidents beyond my vehicle (and my pride). I walked away unscathed but my truck, though driveable, most likely sustained some undercarriage damage.

People were amazingly friendly, stopping to see if I needed help or if I was ok. Two accidents further up the road meant a state highway patrolman (who actually gave me the option of whether or not I got a ticket) and a tow truck driver were there within minutes.

Having limped my vehicle into a parking lot to get off the street, two young men were there hauling firewood and were able, with proper tools, to help me get my spare tire on within a few more minutes. I was able to wobble my vehicle home with hazard lights flashing all the way.

As the day dragged on, it began to sink in just what could have been. So I am grateful to be alive. Though I was quick to realize, even within moments of stepping outside of my vehicle after it happened, that it couldn've been worse, not too long ago I would've been looking at the negative aspect of what had happened. Is it because I see through the eyes of faith or is it because in the end I wasn't too inconvenience?

Of course there are those who thank God (including me) for the outcome but does this mean that if others have results far worse that God was not with them? I suppose that is one of those mysteries of faith we can never know. I prefer to remain grateful to be here and in light of this gratefulness begin to see just how arrogant and proud I can be.

The questions continue though: would I have been so grateful had my truck been totaled, had I been injured or had someone else gotten hurt...or worse? Would I still "praise God" in light of such an outcome?

Is our faith really deep enough?