A journey of different sorts

So we went to Belleville this weekend for Elisabeth's Dad's 60th birthday party. I had checked the weather earlier in the day and they were calling for snow flurries so I mentioned that we should leave a little earlier. The fact that Elisabeth wanted to stay as long as possible combined likely with the fact that it was not snowing there made Elisabeth come to the conclusion we should stay longer. We finally pulled out just before 10pm. The road was clear for .. about 30 minutes, then what should have taken about 2 hours took 3 hours. The snow started and who knows where the snow plows were, the few times we saw them it was one semi clearing off 1 lane. We saw more accidents than we saw plows even as we got close to home after 1 the roads were covered and no plows in sight.
Back the the accidents - I saw 8 accidents in TO that night. 1 happened 100 feet in front of us while we were driving - all I saw was a huge puff of snow and then a car spinning around. 2 more were in the middle of the road facing us waiting for a tow truck after spinning into the median and damaging the car to the point of not being able to move. 3 more were either just being loaded up or the truck was pulling up to the car and the final 2 well I just saw car parts up against the median where tire tracks led to. There were more tracks that looked like something had happened but these are the 8 that we saw complete evidence of.
So what was going through my head ... well I've often had the talk with people about prayer and whether you should pray to ask God to keep you safe. A well know writer and speaker, Erwin McManus - says we shouldn't that what happens is what happens and that we should just do what we feel God has for us. He talks about explaining this to his son, and about flying often after 9/11 when so many were canceling speaking engagements. I'm still working through where I fall on this but as we drove through that the other night scripture came to mind and it was my prayer as we made out way home "They rod and the staff they comfort me" other translations are protect, secure - this doesn't really answer the question of whether we should pray this or not, but it was my prayer and a little comfort as we drove - a thought from the protector, comforter.