God uses things to "get people done"

I firmly believe that God “uses things to get people done.” When my mom first said that to me, it was in regards to an event that occurred 7 years ago today, November 5, 2008. Now she didn’t say it back in 2008, but rather about a year or 2 later.

In any case, the event she was referring to was the major car accident my husband, then friend was in.

In 2008 on November 6, I was at lunch and realized my friend Josh had ditched school. Since he was the person I most enjoyed having lunch with, I texted him giving him a hard time for blowing off school and ditching me. Never in a million years did I anticipate the response I would receive.

After school I had to go to my part-time job and upon arriving I saw that “Josh” had messaged me back. Once I read the message I learned that his mom was the one who texted and that Josh had been in a major accident. She then invited me to call her for more information, so of course I did.

She told me that on his way home from work the night before he was in a car accident and that he was now in the hospital after having brain surgery. I was speechless, scared, and so sad.

That accident gets acknowledged every year by the people in Josh’s family, and over time I began to realize the ripple effect it had.  For my relationship with Josh, this accident was a turning point that brought us closer together.

The best thing to come out of this terrible and scary life event was that it brought Josh into his journey of knowing Christ. 

It didn’t happen overnight, but God began working on Josh after his accident. God turned something ugly and awful into something absolutely amazing. I believe that it is because of the turning point that was the accident, Josh and I are now married. I also believe it is because of the accident that Josh is a Godly man.

My mom would be right in my opinion. God really does use things to get people done. He took what could have been tragic and changed our lives forever.