| One evening my daughter stopped by to give me a ride to the store and as we were shopping a young man walked up to me and asked, "are you still looking to buy a car?", saying ... " If you are, I have one I will sell you for $300.00. I hadn't seen this young man in years, he was in a third grade sunday school class I taught years ago. He was now in his twentys...he's had quite a life..one of his sister was killed in a car accident at the age of 12. She was riding her bike. He had also lived through a terrible car accident. He contiues to be a friend of my daughters. Life can be hard durning the innocent years. (yes, there was a time in my past that I was a sunday school teacher : ) I bought the car two days later and that was about three and a half months ago. The car is over 18 years old, has some ticking sounds coming from the engine and at times smokes a little as I drive along. : ) The first couple months I would plead, Please God, let it start today, as I would go to start it. (there were many days it acted like it didn't want to start.) Many days I would find myself getting caught up with all I could see and hear that was wrong with it, and on those days find myself stressed and anxious. I thought of the winter months ahead...I live in Alaska, and our winters can be hard on a newer car. : ). As the days passed, I found I was spending alot of time worry about the future,. and alot of time talking to God. saying things like...I don't know what I'm going to do..or how I'm going to make it...if I don't have a car throughout this winter.. I've got to be able to get to work and back. I came to realize everyday I drove this car was one more day I spending learning to trust God more and more....in spite of the circumstances. I started calling my car........."My One Day At A Time Car" , and eventually the pleading stopped and I found myself thanking God for the blessing this $300.00 car has brought. It took a couple months, before I became awear of how this car was being used to to teach me once again to trust him to take care of all my needs....no matter how things may look..... This car allowed me to help my youngest son get to work and back for over a month, until he was able to get his own transportation.. My daughter had been stopping by faithfully offering me rides while I was without transportation....The same month I got the car, she got a DWI, and lost her car. I have been able to provide her transportation all summer...... Personally, I have been able to take classes, seek employment, attend meetings, and much more.. I am still saving for a better running car, but until then, I will drive my car, "One Day At A Time," Filled with an almost overwhelming serenity within, as I continue to see the many ways God is working in my life. Who knows the car may last all winter or die tomorrow, one thing I do know is, I Never thought I would be able to buy a car this spring that would provided me so much in return for only $300.00 My plans were for a bike, but again and again God continues to show me, he also has plans for me and they are far greater than that of my own. He provides me with a peace that passes all understanding as I turn to him and trust him....be it, One minute at a time...One hour at a time or One day at a time....In the spite of everything else that may be going on around me. Somedays it is harder to trust than others, the worry and panic still creep in at times....but, I 'm learning on thoses days...all I have to do is ask him to help me trust ....and he does that too. Oh, I almost forgot, I also bought a great bike at a garage sale this summer for $1 : ) |
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| .By May I had saved up enough money to buy a good bike. ($300.00) My plans were to use a bike for my transportation durning the summer months while I continued to save for a car..... |
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