An Unexpected Hole & Other Piles of Rubbish

Yesterday began like any other day......my eyes not wanting to open while drinking my morning cup of joe. Joe doesn't really do anything for me like he does for some people. It's just psychological for me...."I've had my morning joe so I must be ready to wake up." Anyway, Joe doesn't really have anything to do with this blog post so let's leave him behind.

I wonder how her morning went? Lets call her Ella. If she knew yesterday morning that she was going to create an unexpected hole and other piles of rubbish would she have made wiser choices throughout her day? 

 I work at a local frame shop ~ I just want to say I'm blessed to work along side such wonderful people :) 
There were 3 of us at work yesterday about 4:30pm. We were chatting together....no customers in the store.
 One wall in the store is mostly a row of large windows which we were facing. We heard a slight noise and saw a streak of color (a car) catch a little air as it came over a snowpile. By the time it began to register what was going on we heard a much louder sound. Looking toward our front entrance door we saw that this car had crashed into our building creating a hole and a pile of rubbish. 

Long story short ~ No one was hurt ( I'm giving God ALL the praise for that! ). She crossed 2 lanes of oncoming traffic and a sidewalk ~ hitting no one! 
The lady we're calling Ella was handcuffed and taken away on DUI charges. 

I happened to have my camera at work to take pictures of frames. 

Thank you Lord that no one was shopping in that corner!

Thank you Lord that no one was walking in or out of the store ~ they could have been pinned or worse.

We have a lot of older customers ( 70's - 90's ) that wouldn't have been able to move very fast even if they saw this car coming.

I'm so glad no one was hurt! I hope and pray that Ella finds the help she needs. I pray that she would know there is a God who loves her more than anything and would love to walk along side her during this dark time in her life. I want her to know that mercy triumphs over all life's ugliness and that God's grace is enough!

I pray that you and I would think about choices we make every day and how they might affect others around us.

Ok, I'm going to find Joe now :)

~JanMarie