As I as driving last week, I had to go on a road that was unimaginably bumpy. I do not think that they had fixed the road in a long time. I was jostled and jolted by the bumpiness of the road. As I drove, I was thankful that we had good shock absorbers on the car. There were a few times that if I had been taller, I would have bumped my noggin. Friends, sometimes, through no fault of our own, we hit rough spots in our life; it’s bound to happen. No one is immune to the troubles of this world. What we need is a shock absorber; like the ones on the car to smooth out the ride, or a screen door to keep it from slamming. Praise God we have a shock absorber for the potholes of life. It is God! He holds those who put their trust in him in the palm of his hand. What a comfort that because of him we can make it through the tough times and come out on the other side of what seemed like a crater unscathed. We can look back and realize that we survived because God had us in the very pal