Unexpected Seismic Shifts in Life

Today was spent in meetings; first a women's retreat meeting for February 23, 2008, then church and then a worship planning meeting. Our lives center around our faith. That means our church involvement is paramount.
It was announced this morning that a freshman high school girl from the school in which I work was in a tragic automobile accident yesterday. She was riding with a couple of senior boys; their car hit a big chuck hole in the road and the driver lost control. Jessica was thrown out of the car and has fractured her second vertebrate. It is unclear at the moment how much injury she has sustained. She was transferred in a helicopter to the University of Chicago Hospital. She is in an induced coma at this time. Jessica's grandparents are known to us and used to go to the same church we did many years ago. It is difficult to hear of such trauma. One day, life was fun and carefree for Jessica, now her immediate future seems clouded at best. If you are a praying person, please lift Jessica and her family to the Lord for healing and comfort.(The latest word two days later is that she has two cracked vertebrates #1 and 2. They were putting a halo on her Sunday night. She did some thrashing around when they tried to take her out of the coma so they are encouraged that she is moving. Praise God)