At 7:30 PM, this was the scene..
By 9:15 PM...
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and only by the Grace of God, the driver is fine...
Driving home from the match shown above,
lightning struck as my son's car passed.
My wife and I were a few cars behind him when it happened.
All cars (many were his teammates leaving the game)
were driving quite slow due to the stormy conditions.
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Somehow, the lightning hit a telephone pole and two trees.
A portion of a tree landed on the car, and broke through the windshield.
My son said it was about 8 inches from his face.
The night of the accident we weren't able to get near the car because of the
LIVE electrical wire lying on the hood.
I wasn't aware of the branch.
My son didn't mention it initially.
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The following morning I went to the body shop (where the car was towed)
and asked to see the car.
I sat in the driver's seat and could not even move the branch. It broke through the windshield and passed through the seat into the floorboard of the car.
As I sat there, I saw that my thigh was about 2 inches from the branch's
entrypoint into the driver's seat.
When I took him to see it, he then remembered that the branch
bumped him in the shoulder as it came in.
A total of 10 inches separated him from two different
(head and thigh) serious injuries.
He has another soccer tournament this weekend,
and he will be playing.
I didn't realize how significant that was until this incident.
Never underestimate God's Power, as well as His Mercy and Grace.
Psalm 3:3
Thou, O Lord, art a shield about me, my glory and the One who lifts my head.
Isaiah 43:1-3
Fear not, for I am with you.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of