MIRACLE OF AN OBEDIENT HEART

The following is a special account of a miracle that happened the day of the recent highway I35-W bridge disaster in Minnesota, USA. It shows that our obedience to God can even save lives. Wednesday, 1 August 2007, seemed to be a day like any other in the St. Paul, Minneapolis area. But at 06:05 - in the midst of rush hour traffic - the busy Interstate Bridge that joined I-35 with the city of Minneapolis suddenly broke apart and fell into the Mississippi River. Matthew (last name withheld) went back to that moment, before the bridge collapsed, and explained everything that happened next. "I was coming home to take a shower, and then pick up my friend across the bridge," Matthew recalled. "I was headed into the city [of Minneapolis], it was bumper-to-bumper." "I was praying and talking to the Lord, and the next minute the Lord gave me this vision. In the vision the bridge was shaking - it started to snap and disintegrate. I saw two cars go off the edge into the Missi-ssippi. Then, after the vision I said, 'What is that all about Lord? You need to talk to me.' God told me to 'STOP!' I was 100 feet away from the bridge. He said, 'You need to stop right here.' I said, 'Lord, there are cars behind me.'" There were about 100 people in the line of traffic behind Matthew, and many had begun honking their horns at him. "But God said, 'That's okay, you need to stop.' So I stopped. And then the Lord said, 'Look.'" "People were going around me - about 20 feet away from the bridge. That's when it snapped, broke down and crashed. I saw two cars go off the bridge, and I was like...'wow!' At first I was sitting in the car waiting, thanking the Lord, because it could've been me on that bridge. Then people came up to me and said, 'Thank you.' I got out and looked from the side [at the collapse]... it was traumatic seeing what had happened. Then the police told me to get back into my car and turn around." Matthew said this incident made him more aware of God awakening His people, and calling us to really listen to Him, and be obedient. Source: Aimee Herd, BCN Exclusive, Joel News International 607.