Before driving home from my daughter's wedding reception in Jackson, MS, I stopped at the Piggly Wiggly for a box of plastic bags. I have no idea why I needed that item before driving to NC but there the bags sat in a Piggly Wiggly bag on my passenger seat. (Can you ever get enough of that name?)
Hours later I spotted a Starbucks billboard and obeyed its directive to take the exit. This brought me to a stoplight at a gigantic intersection, with six lanes to cross when my light turned green.
God only knows why I chose that moment to look over at the Piggly Wiggly bag and wonder what in the world I bought there. It took me a few seconds, maybe 8-10, to recall what was in there. When I looked up, I realized my light had turned green, but by then I could see the huge truck to my left, barreling through his red light and poised to take me out had I moved at the light change.
My racing heart and I made it home, and upon relaying the story to a pastor, I said, "God used the Piggly Wiggly to save my life." He said, "I was thinking Satan used Starbucks to try to kill you!"
Chad Tyler sums it up in his song, Tell That to God.
Thanks, God, for the Piggly Wiggly, a story to tell and a song to sing that all give You the glory.
