FRENCH WORD-A-DAY

What a fright for everyone. I'm so glad Jean-Marc was not injured.

Very engaging tale. Glad you are OK Jean-Marc.

Oh, là là! Quelle catastrophe, mais quelle chance au même temps! Meilleurs voeux à vous tous!

Chaque saison de l’Advent nous donne un miracle et cette expérience de sauvetage est à vous, Jean-Marc! Merci pour
une histoire pleine de mots nouveaux et sans un seul moment ennuyeux!

So glad that Jean-Marc survived this scary accident. That the car survived intact was also good fortune. The video of its being hauled out of the abyss made it even more miraculous. Sounds like a commercial for the durability of the Jimmy 4X4, with J-M's narration of his "adventure" playing in the background, n'est-ce pas?

Oh, j'ai un frisson to think how this could have ended up! Yes, a Christmas miracle indeed!

How Scary, so glad all was ok

What a miracle... A Christmas gift to remember. So happy for all of you!

Glad to hear Jean Marc is safe,. Missed you this year but planning on being there in Sept.2021, always in my thoughts, [email protected]

It sounds like Jean-Marc likely swerved to avoid hitting the animal. A swerve would more likely have taken him over the cliff than hard breaking. I read recently that you should never swerve to avoid hitting an animal; you lose control of the vehicle and can wind up in an accident, either solo or in collision with other drivers. It sounds heartless, but you should simply proceed ahead and hit the animal. The risks to your own life are too great otherwise. My husband also has always said, "Dont swerve!"

"On the night of this accident, there was a historically high lottery drawing. I didn't play this game but still felt like I had won the jackpot. "

Not everyone recognizes their great luck in life - - but you do, Jean Marc. I'm glad you are OK.

Dieu merci! So happy to hear all ended well !

Merci A Dieu! So glad you are well, and the car is not too bad. That leaves more money for gifts for Kristi!

A Christmas miracle indeed. Psalm 91(especially verses 11-12) comes to mind. So very thankful the story has a happy ending.

May sound cavalier, but I couldn't imagine you, dear Jean Marc, being harmed! As I read, I was not worried, but wondering, and so pleased that "nothing happened." And, then, you had such wonderful helpers to rescue you and your car. Seeing the video, that long, powerful chain pulls your vehicle up so smoothly, everything seemed to go amazingly smoothly. And, then, you still get to hike! You have a blessed life, and that's a beautiful model for all of us!
[Also, wondering about the advice not to swerve...makes intuitive sense to me. What about instantly pumping the breaks?]

I took a defensive driving course many years ago, during which we were taught to keep control of the car while it's skidding. We were taught to never pump the brake pedal. Instead, the idea is to try keep the gaze on the horizon. If the car and driver are still on the road, it's important to look straight ahead while trying to steady the car using the steering wheel only, with the foot hovering above the brake pedal. Hopefully, this will help the driver to avoid going off the road. I highly recommend such a course, especially to those living in places with snowy winters.

Thank goodness that he was alright...and a bonus the car was too...🙏

Feeling the same K.J
Merry Christmas to all!
Laurence

Thank heavens for this happy ending! Yes, miracles do happen. Please stay safe and well. Best wishes, always.

Sorry to hear about your accident Jean-Marc! Thank God that you were not injured and you managed to get back up to the road to receive assistance. Some of your beautiful wine needed no doubt, to steady your nerves!
Have a Peaceful and restful Christmas with all of your family.
kindest regards
Jane and Colin

You were one lucky hombre!! I’m so glad you were -and were walk away unmarked! And to top that miracle, the wonderful people/machines to retrieve the car. That was really far down!! Thanks for the video. I was thinking just “off the road” maybe 10 feet. Amazing! I’m sure your whole family is thankful for the good outcome!!

Congratulations Jean-Marc.

I think GOD allowed the accident as a graphic metaphor to show you what HE's just fine in your life, spiritually,/in the spiritual realm, and the evidence of which you will begin to see in the natural realm i.e. in your every day life henceforth.

Job 33: 28

"HE redeemed my soul from going to the pit; and my life shall see the light." (NAS)

Psalm 103: 4

"Who redeemeth thy life from the pit; Who crownerh thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies." (DARBY)

"Which redeemeth thy life from the grave and crownerh thee with mercy and compassion's." (GNV)

"Who redeemeth thy life from destruction and crownerh thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies." (KJV)

"You've rescued me from hell and saved my life. You've crowned me with love and mercy." (TPT)

AND, what's more, GOD brought you out and you "had no injuries."

Also, you were "ASTONISHED TO SEE the car was hardly damaged ... and needed no repairs."

Daniel 3: 24 - 30

"24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was ASTONISHED; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his [d]counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?”
They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.”

25 “Look!” he answered, “I SEE four men loose, (N)walking in the midst of the fire; and THEY ARE NOT HURT, and the form of the fourth is like (O)the[e] Son of God.”

Nebuchadnezzar Praises God
26 Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the [f]mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the (P)Most High God, come out, and come here.” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. 27 And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men (Q). ON WHOSE BODIES THE FIRE HAD NO POWER; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.

28 Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, WHO SENT HIS (R) ANGEL[g] and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! 29 (S)Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the (T)God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be (U)cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; (V)because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”

30 Then the king [h]promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon." (NKJV)

I believe that GOD has put an end to the fiery trial you have been through in your life; those you have shared publicly e.g. the vineyards, their loss, and bipolar tendencies, and those you have not yet been able to share publicly.

All things happen first in the spiritual realm before they manifest/happen in the earthly/natural realm and GID also orchestrated prophetic demonstrations to illustrate and/or foretell coming events e.g. Joseph was given, by his father, a robe of many colours, distinguishing himg from his brothers; Pharaoh put robes of the finest linen on Joseph to distinguish him in Egypt as ruler second only to Pharaoh in authority. Pharaoh dreamt of seven terribly skinny cows eating up seven fat, healthy cows, and seven withered ears of corn swallowing up seven healthy ears of corn, and in both instances, after eating the fat ones, the skinny remained as skinny as before. Egypt had seven years of fatness/abundance followed by seven years of famine so terrible that it seemed the seven years of abundance beforehand never happened. King Saul tore the prophet Samuel's robe and true to Samuel's prophecy, the kingdom was torn from Saul. GOD commanded Hosea the prophet to go and marry a prostitute and have children by her, to prophetically demonstrate that just as Hosea married a prostitute in the same way GOD married Israel and us who prostituted ourselves before idols of wood and stone and metal (in these times e.g. elevating the Earth and Nature to the place of GOD, 'caring for the Earth', the planet to the point of religion, idols of stone: houses, real estate; idols of metal: cars) and mammon, the God of money, and the lusts of the eyes, of the flesh, the pride of life, our jobs, careers, etc and turned our backs on GOD and continued to cheat on HIM. After marrying her, Hosea had to go looking for his unfaithful wife and had to pay money to buy his prostitute adulterous cheating wife off the slave auction block, and take her back home to him and their children, to demonstrate how GOD ransomed Israel from slavery in Egypt and us from slavery to sin and paid for our freedom by HIS Blood; to show how our faithful Good Shepherded will leave the ninety-nine and go looking to find and bring back home into HIS fold the one that wanders away and got lost; to show how GID, our Husband and Maker, the Bridegroom of the Church keeps seeking and going after us, in relentless love and mercy; to show how GOD remains unchangingly faithful in the face of our (serial) unfaithfulness; to show GOD's love for us is UNCONDITIONAL.

The ALMIGHTY GOD just gave you a prophetic demonstration of what HE's accomplished and done in your life, pulling you out of the pit, ransoming your soul from hell, saving your life from destruction, a last minute rescue, when you were only 1 km from your "FINAL ARRIVAL", GOD in HIS infinite mercy and faithful love, in response to the ceaseless, fervent prayers and intercession of your FAITHFUL wife: Kristi, sent HIS Angel and reached all the way down into the abyss and pulled you out with HIS Mighty Hand, without injuries, that you might now henceforth see the LIGHT of Life.

I rejoice with you and with our very dear Kristi and wirh all of the Espinasse family.

THANKS BE TO GOD INDEED FOR HIS TRULY INDESCRIBABLE GIFT

Joyeux Noel à tous!

The ALMIGHTY GOD just gave you a prophetic demonstration of what HE's accomplished and done in your life, pulling you out of the pit, ransoming your soul from hell, saving your life from destruction, a last minute rescue, when you were only 1 km from your "FINAL ARRIVAL", GOD in HIS infinite mercy and faithful love, in response to the ceaseless, fervent prayers and intercession of your FAITHFUL wife: Kristi, sent HIS Angel and reached all the way down into the abyss and pulled you out with HIS Mighty Hand, without injuries, that you might now henceforth see the LIGHT of Life.

I rejoice with you and with our very dear Kristi and wirh all of the Espinasse family.

THANKS BE TO GOD INDEED FOR HIS TRULY INDESCRIBABLE GIFT

Joyeux Noel à tous!