One Second

As usual, we were running late.

Rushing to Brynn’s final school program of the year.
Trying to gather everything.
Watching the clock.
Trying to steal back a few minutes from the day.

We pulled onto a highway that recently added a traffic light.

Our light turned green.

I started through the intersection.

Then I saw it.

In my rearview mirror, a massive dump truck flying toward us at full speed.

The driver apparently never saw the new red light.
For years, there hadn’t been one there.

I slammed the accelerator.

And for once, I was deeply thankful electric cars move the way they do.

We cleared the intersection.

Barely.

Honestly, I think one second changes that story completely.

One second slower.
One second distracted.
One second assuming everything would work the way it always had before.

And suddenly none of us are heading to a school program anymore.

That made me think…

We build our lives on assumptions that feel permanent.

Tomorrow.
Health.
Plans.
People.

But Scripture keeps reminding us how thin the line really is.

James said life is a mist.

Not to make us afraid.
To make us aware.

Aware that every breath is borrowed.
Every good thing is grace.
Every ordinary sunset still has the fingerprints of God on it.

I think we spend a lot of life trying to control outcomes when the deeper invitation is simply dependence.

To wake up aware.
To love people while we still can.
To stop treating ordinary moments like filler content between bigger things.

Tonight, Brynn’s school program hit differently for me.

Not because the program changed.

Because for a moment, I remembered how fragile all of this really is.

And how kind God has been to let me live it.

What’s something ordinary that feels a little more sacred to you lately?

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