We had no time for a fine prayer. We had only one word.<\/p>\n
It was a cold December evening. Christina and I were driving toward Helsing\u00f8r for dinner at her parents' place. A familiar motorway, familiar bridges, familiar bends. The frost had settled in, and there were stripes of snow along the roadside.<\/p>\n
Everything felt like routine. Until it didn't.<\/p>\n
We drove under a bridge, and in an instant the car hit black ice.<\/p>\n
And suddenly we were spinning.<\/p>\n
Not just a little skid. We spun around and around, faster than I could react. The world outside became a dizzying blur of headlights and ice-slick asphalt.<\/p>\n
And in the middle of that terrifying spin, Christina cried out one word that cut through the night:<\/p>\n
JESUS!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That was it. One word. One name. Nothing polished. Nothing eloquent. Just a desperate cry of faith to the only one who could help us in that moment.<\/p>\n
And in the same second, just as suddenly as it had started, the car straightened out.<\/p>\n
It wasn't gradual. It wasn't something I steered us out of. One moment we were spinning wildly. The next we were driving forward, straight and steady. As if an invisible hand had reached down and set us back on track.<\/p>\n
I sat gripping the wheel, my heart pounding in my chest. I could have told myself a story about my driving skills and quick reflexes. But the truth? All those driving techniques you learn, steer into the skid, brake like this and like that, none of them even had time to kick in.<\/p>\n
It wasn't my driving that saved us. It was grace.<\/p>\n
I often think about that moment when everyday life starts to spin.<\/p>\n
Not a car. But the thoughts. The anxiety that sets in at night. The pressure that builds. That downward spiral where everything moves faster and faster, and you can't quite get your bearings.<\/p>\n
What is your one word when the spiral starts pulling you down?<\/p>\n
Prayer doesn't have to be well-phrased to work. It doesn't have to start with \"Dear heavenly Father\" and end with \"in Jesus' name, amen.\"<\/p>\n
Sometimes it's just a name.<\/p>\n
Jesus.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Not as magic, but as a trust that runs deeper than words, to a place in you that knows who you can call on.<\/p>\n
Christina didn't cry out from theological reflection. She cried out from instinct. And that instinct came from a life that had turned again and again to that name in the hard moments.<\/p>\n
Faith is not passive. Faith answers. Faith calls. And when we call, he draws nearer.<\/p>\n
What happens in you when life starts to spin?<\/p>\n
And what is your one word?<\/p>\n
Sometimes it's enough. It was for us on that motorway.<\/p>\n
When did you last call on Jesus?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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