God was with me But I wasn't with Him!

On 20th Jan 09 I had met with an accident and had a narrow escape from death. I saw death coming to me for more than four to five times within, I presume, 2 to 3 seconds. I was riding a scooter and had my father in law Mr.Harjeet Singh Oberai with me, as a pillion rider. He was sitting with both his legs on one side. We were descending the Shastri Bridge at Jabalpur and were heading towards the Chotti line crossing of Gorakhpur. It was 6 pm and the traffic from both the sides was very heavy and must have been moving at a speed of 30 to 40 kms/hr. We were overtaking an auto rickshaw and everything was appearing to be normal. All of a sudden a Maruti 800 car of white colour ( No MP 20 __ 1352 ) tried to overtake both auto and us. On realizing that the space was insufficient the car dashed with our scooter and for a sec or two both the car and our scooter moved together while rubbing each other. Before I could do anything the car moved ahead and as we had become imbalanced we fell on the road on the right side right in front of the vehicles coming from ahead. My first brush with death was when I hit the road with full impact. My head hit the road but was saved because of my turban. Due to the momentum I kept moving towards a luxury coach which was coming from ahead. I was heading directly towards the front of the bus but due to driver's alertness I escaped from hitting it for he managed to go to his left. But still it was not over. I was now rolling towards the back wheels of the bus. I sensed that this was the end. But again miraculously my right arm hit something, either the road or the side body of the bus for I was thrown aside and I narrowly missed the back wheels of the bus. At this moment also my body was still rolling and I saw a white car heading towards me which was trying to overtake the bus. Here too my luck was great that the driver of the car saw what was happening and stopped within an inch or so away from my flat body which was lying on the road. All this took place within 3 to 4 seconds. After realizing that I had escaped from death as well as any major injury I turned around to look out for my father in law. I saw him lying on the road with his head down. He was bleeding profusely. I was very worried at that moment for him. But it was a great relief to see that he was not injured seriously. The bridge of his spectacles had cut his nose from where he was bleeding. He too had got bruises like me on the knees and hands. We immediately stopped an auto and went to the hospital. Meanwhile the Maruti car had escaped. But few people had noted the number and had given it to us. In the hospital the doctor advised us to apply ice for two hours to all the places where we had sustained wounds. At around 8:15pm the wounds were bandaged. This ice treatment was really very helpful for lot of pain was reduced and moreover there were no swellings. The accident really taught me that in life we got to be aware that accidents can take place from behind too. One regret which I have now is that during those crucial moments while I was escaping from the jaws of death, I was not able to remember God. I was only trying to avoid getting hit. It proves that still there is long long way for me to come close to the God. I was not close to Him, but He sure was and protected both me and my father in law to escape from something which could have been too serious than what it turned out to be.