On Sunday, members of the Christian band We Are Messengers took to Facebook to share that their tour bus had been involved in a fatal car crash. They asked fans for continued prayers, and promised an update soon.
In a follow-up message posted on Monday, the band detailed the “traumatic” accident and explained what happened.
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“Yesterday’s events were and continue to be traumatic. Here are more details about what happened. On Sunday, March 26, 2017, it is reported that just after 4:15 a.m., police were notified that a car with no lights on was stopped and stationary in the right-hand lane of I-75 North just south of Atlanta, GA. Sometime after that, the We Are Messengers bus traveling in the darkness of night northbound on I-75 attempted to avoid the unlit stopped car, but there was a collision of the two vehicles. Both vehicles erupted in flames and came to a stop on the left side of the north-bound lanes of I-75. The members of We Are Messengers escaped their burning vehicle before it was destroyed. The person inside the stopped vehicle did not survive.
The members of We Are Messengers pray for peace for the family of the person who died on the scene. They are also deeply grateful for the support of so many in this time.”
The bus and everything inside was completely destroyed—everything except for this single bible page that remained intact despite the ravaging fire.
It was a passage from Romans 5 called “Peace and Joy.”
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God speaks to us in many ways, but one of the greatest is through the word.
The surviving scripture spoke to the traumatic events that had transpired, and shared parallel themes of suffering paired with God’s unbelievable love and sacrifice.
Paul writes in Romans 5:2-5, “And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.”
Lead singer Darren Mulligan shed some light on the events in a Facebook Live Video following the accident, saying he’s “heartbroken,” and unsure about how to feel or what to say.
But of one thing, he is certain:
“We should have all been dead, but the Lord is good. God’s still good.”
