What Can Brown Do For You?

How about run into your house? Yep, that's exactly what happened to my Grandma about a week or so ago. A UPS truck parked at a house across from hers starts rolling down the incline driveway, crosses the road, and travels through her yard careening into the corner of her house. The house has roof and gutter damage, a nice large crack down the brick, a displaced window, and a crack in the foundation. Not good. Of course, UPS' insurance company will pay for the damage, but it still causes a huge hassle for my Grandma. The driver (who was not in the truck at the time it rolled down the hill) is someone she has known since he was a kid. And, despite the fact that it was an accident, he has lost his job. We all feel pretty bad about that.

So, what's the lesson in all this? Never forget to use your emergency brake? Never leave your vehicle unattended? Never stand in front of a UPS truck? Or, maybe it's that a seemingly insignificant decision you make can have consequences that echo throughout the rest of your life. So, make good decisions. But when you don't (because sometimes you won't), take heart, God is in the business of redeeming decisions and lives.