March 25, 2012
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One Text or Call Could Wreck it All: The Hillary Coltharp Story
Just days before Hillary’s horrible car crash on I-24 in September of 2007, a friend and I spoke about the power of the “The Prayer of Jabez”. In its small prayer book form, “The Prayer of Jabez” (1 Chronicles 4:9-10) was a best seller at the time; creating in essence, a movement across the globe. As my friend and I spoke of the exciting message of this simple and straight forward prayer, we both committed to weave Jabez’s prayer into our daily lives. In his prayer, Jabez asks God to bless him and extend/expand his territory; asking God to let His hand be with him while keeping him from harm. The “Jabez Movement” had sparked numerous stories of ordinary people committed to daily prayers of Jabez; suddenly finding themselves in the center of doing miraculous things—all in a way that would underscore God’s love and certainty.
It’s Sunday in Paducah, KY, and there was no way our family could cross this new intersection in the road ahead to share Hillary’s story with so many, than to ask God’s hand to be on us. The KY Office of Highway Safety has given our family the honor of sharing our voices to April’s Distracted Driving Month and beyond. We thank so many of you for helping support Hillary and Max and the rest of our family with your prayers and your friendship and understanding over these last years. Now we ask you again for your prayers that Hillary’s story, through a KY Public Service Announcement and a future documentary, will extend again “beyond her territory” to save lives from the pain of distracted driving and the ultimate destructive and deadly story endings it causes. In April, our mission for this site will be to educate drivers on the impact of distracted driving. And far beyond even our wishes, Hillary hopes her story and the journey in her “rear view mirror” will be the motivation to prevent texting and other deadly distractions while driving.
One Text or Call Could Wreck it All: The Hillary Coltharp Story and The Road Ahead…
XOXO
The Coltharps
