Car Accident on First Date Night without Kids in a Year, Reminds Couple That God Is in Control
It was a small declaration that their love was still steady, certain, and here. And then, in an instant, everything flipped, literally. One moment, laughter was dancing between them, their minds still lingering on dessert and the warmth of togetherness. The next, their car spun out of control, the world tilting sideways, gravity pulling against them with brutal force.
Natalya Ran Back to Her Children after the Accident
The impact was deafening. Airbags exploded. Smoke curled through the air. And then silence—an eerie, suffocating stillness that felt almost sacred.
And then the urgency of motherhood kicked in. After climbing through the sunroof, her feet hit the ground running—literally. The world had narrowed to one thing: getting to her babies. She ran the quarter-mile to her in-laws’ house, prayers spilling from her lips like oxygen, every inhale a desperate plea, every exhale a surrender.
They were safe—she was safe, and Andrew was safe. And yet, the trembling truth was this: there was never a guarantee. There never was.
It’s a Reminder of How In Control God Really Is
Andrew later reflected, “It just made me realize how out-of-control I am and how in control God is.”
Isn’t that the truth we wrestle with every day? We build our lives like sandcastles, hands gripping so tightly to the illusion of control, and then a single moment reminds us—that everything we have is grace. Every breath is borrowed. Every heartbeat is a gift.
Natalya, with a bruised face and a wide-open heart, knows this now in a way she never did before. “It did show me just how God isn’t done with us yet … There’s another day that we’ve been given. There’s another mission that we have,” she said with certainty. And there it is—the miracle wrapped in the wreckage. This is a reminder that if we are still here, still standing, still breathing, it means God is not finished writing our story.
Keep Each Other Close and Hug All the Time
“Keep each other close, hug each other all the time, say ‘I love you,’ because you just never know when it could really be the last time,” Natalya said. Andrew added, “It serves as a reminder for people in their busyness. Don’t take every day for granted.”
Like all of ours, their story is one of grace upon grace, of spinning out, only to be caught, of wreckage that gives way to resurrection, and of a love—God’s love—that holds us steady, even when everything else is breaking apart.
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Originally published February 18, 2025.
