I was on my way to an important appointment early this morning and I was involved in a major vehicle accident involving six other vehicles.  I was very fortunate to walk away without a scratch on me and my vehicle only sustained minor damage.

In the heated moment I found myself totally forgetting about my appointment and scrambling to others in thier vehicles in an attempt to make sure the people involved were ok.  Then I saw a small crowd forming around a person that was screaming in pain.  As I hurriedly approached the crowd I remember thinking, “Lord, why couldn’t this accident have just happened a few stop-lights further down the road to someone else?” but then immediately my second thought was that I would get involved and feel equally as compassionate and concerned for those other people too.

As I approached the crowd I saw a few friends that I knew and then before I could see who the severely injured person was, my alarm clock went off and I woke up.  Whoaaa!!!  Yep that’s right folks, it was all just a dream.  Well, thank God for that.

You know I’ve found that often times our sleep dreams can reveal who we truly are and how we truly will feel and react under certain situations and circumstances.  It didn’t matter who these people were I still would’ve done all I could to help.

I was speaking to a bunch of Principles and Administrators a couple of days ago at a retreat and I advised them that “Adversity” is never convenient and it has an uncanny way of managing to pop in and out of our lives at the most inopportune times.  But I invite you to consider today that this “Adversity” shows up to test your true “You” and thereby make you stronger for your road ahead.