Split Second 

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     A month ago, Nick Eicher's wife Arla was turning left as she had done thousands of times, being careful not to follow too closely. Cut to black.  She regained consciousness, battered, bloody, glass in her hair and mouth. First responders had to cut the door off her Honda. 

     The drunk driver of a pickup truck was going twice the limit and blew a red light. He had no license, insurance or license plates. Eicher says the collision was "a millisecond from sending his wife into the arms of Jesus." 

WORLD magazine

     He says the "undocumented are among us in shockingly large numbers." Pastor John MacArthur, whose wife and daughter had a terrifying car accident over 30 years ago, with no ill effects today, spoke with Eicher a week after Arla's accident. He told him, "God is in the details." 

     Eicher wrote, "The center of the collision lined up with the frame between the front and back seats. If she's traveling one-one-thousandth of a second slower, the loss is unspeakably greater."

     MacArthur stressed that it's crucial not to confuse these miracles of providence with salvation. One's life being spared is not the same as one's life being saved. Recalling the assassination attempt in July, he thinks former President Trump is wrong to say that God saved his life. "God spared his life, that he might be saved. None of us is guaranteed another day." 

     No horn. No skidding tires. Just a normal left turn, then cut to black. "You have to view life that way," MacArthur said. "Heed God's warning now. There may not be another."

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