For a number of years, I’ve been cherishing this divine promise found in the Bible: “All things work together for good to them that love God” (Romans 8:28). This truth took on new meaning for me after I bought a subcompact car. At first, I was afraid to drive it, because I thought a large vehicle, such as a truck, might not see my car when switching lanes. I became diligent about staying out of another driver’s blind spot, but even this alertness did not stop a deep-seated fear of being in a car accident. 

I wanted to go on a road trip in 2021 and realized that if I were to enjoy this vacation, I must conquer my fear of collisions. So I asked God to help me understand this statement from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy: “Accidents are unknown to God, or immortal Mind, and we must leave the mortal basis of belief and unite with the one Mind, in order to change the notion of chance to the proper sense of God’s unerring direction and thus bring out harmony” (p. 424). Although the fear of collision became more intense as time went on, I kept praying and asking for spiritual understanding.

One day a new perspective came to me, and I wrote it down and taped it to my car’s dashboard: “Spiritual ideas never collide; they only coincide.” This wonderful angel message from God completely took away my fear. I began to focus while driving on what it means for us, as spiritual ideas of God, to coincide. From that point on, I felt safe and assured, so I went on my trip and fearlessly drove sixteen hundred miles on unfamiliar freeways and rural roads without any incidents.