Mysterious Ways: A Drive-Through Miracle
A seemingly uncooperative bank machine turns out to be an angelic ATM.
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printThe bank I frequent has a drive-through ATM, which is convenient because it saves me from having to get out and wait in a long teller line inside.
For years, I’ve followed the same routine: I pull up to the machine, make my deposits or withdrawals, then drive over and park in a spot about 50 feet away, underneath a big old stately shade tree, while I tuck my money in my wallet and put away my receipts. Quick and easy.
One windy summer morning I had a lot of errands to run and was low on cash. So I drove over to my bank, waited patiently behind another car, then pulled up to the ATM. I put the car in park and slipped my card into the slot as usual. But the machine immediately spat it back out. “Cannot read card,” the screen read.
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That’s strange, I thought. Maybe I’d put the card in the wrong way. I tried again. Again the card shot back out. “Cannot read card.”
I flipped the card over and inspected the magnetic strip. It sure looked fine. I couldn’t find any deep scratches or defects.
I rubbed it gently against my shirt in case there was any dirt, and tried one more time. Spat out again. “Cannot read card.”
Now I was getting annoyed at the delay in my morning. I really didn’t want to go inside the bank for a withdrawal. Judging by all the cars parked in the lot, I would have to wait a while.
“What’s going on here, Lord?” I muttered.
Crack! What was that? I turned toward the sound. The leaves of the stately old shade tree by the parking lot shook violently.
Snap! I watched as the trunk split right down the middle and the right part of the tree calved off to the side, crashing to the ground. Right in my favorite parking spot. I could see the exposed inner trunk, clearly rotted through.
I stared in shock, until a car that had pulled up behind me gave me a polite little beep.
On autopilot, I tried my ATM card again. The screen popped up, asking me what I’d like to do.
Deposit? Withdraw? Too bad there wasn’t a button to give thanks.
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Years ago, when I worked night shift as a nursing assistant in a hospital, I had four unrelated things happen to delay me in taking my 4am vitals on my assigned patients. When I finally got tot he first room, the patient's blood pressure read 80/40. I thought, that can't be right and I rechecked it on her other arm. This time it read 60/30 which is dangerously low. Just at that moment, the Nurse entered the room. I caller her attention to the blood pressure. She stated, "She just stopped breathing. Call a Code Blue."
The patient was revived and transferred to Intensive Care.
If I had not experienced the delays that had me so frustrated, I'd have taken this woman's vital signs about an hour earlier and would not have been there when she needed me most.
many times God has saved my life!One time from burning up in a car wreck.Awesome God!!!
Definitely the hand of God. That is why we shouldn't get too impatient when we are held up for any reason. God is usually protecting us from some calamity. From what I've read, the hand of God was very evident on the morning of September 11th 2001. Many people shared that they were hindered in one way or another from getting to work at the twin towers on time that morning and lived to give thanks and praises to God.
What a wonderful story to remind us that God watches over us in even the everyday things that we take for granted but not God he can look in time and see things that can hurt us when in our hurried world we never think of.
Thank You God for watching over us when we take for granted sometime how fragile our life really is Amen
What a great story. Thanks for sharing.