It's a Beautiful Life

This weekend has been my first weekend at home in a long time! Last weekend, I went to Beaverton for Naomi's 2nd birthday party; the weekend before that, I was in California with my mom spending time at Spirit West Coast; the weekend before that, I was a counselor for my church's 4th and 5th grade camp. But just because I was home didn't mean I wasn't busy! Yesterday we celebrated Makiah's 2nd birthday at our house, which was fun. Today did start out interesting, though...

My dad had to go to church early this morning because he was on doorkeeping duty, so my mom and I were going to go in her car. Well, we were going to take her car, until she realized that her keys had been misplaced somehow during Makiah's party last night, so we decided to take mine instead. So we got into my car, I started it up, drove about five feet, and realized that it wasn't driving right; something was very wrong. I tried to drive some more, then told my mom something wasn't right. She knew right away that it must have been one of my tires, so I parked the car and we got out to have a look. Sure enough, both tires that on the right side of the vehicle were completely flat. We ended up going back into the house to search for the keys, and eventually made it to church in her car.

The bummer is that someone didn't just let the air out of them, but actually slashed the tires. Of course today is Sunday and Les Schwab is apparently closed on Sundays, so it will have to be dealt with later. Meanwhile I'm borrowing my mom's car.

Even so, I'm very thankful that we discovered it when we did. I believe that although this is not a good thing to happen, God was in control of it all. If my mom hadn't lost her keys, I probably wouldn't have discovered it until later and wouldn't have my mom's car to use right now. I'm so glad that I am loved by a God who protects and provides, even in the midst of bad situations. I trust that He will continue to work in this situation, and I'm thankful for the reminder that He's in control of all things. He is good!

Call me crazy, but I'm also starting to wonder if God is telling me to get a different car or something too. I imagined driving this car until it woudn't go anymore, hopefully after I'd saved enough for another. But it has been just one thing after another this year with this car. First, in January, I had that whole sliding on black ice and crashing onto the curb thing. Then, someone (I think one of my neighbors) made a HUGE dent on the side, then another on the driver door. Then, in June, I had an incident in which a large plastic container flew off the bed of a truck that was in front of me on the freeway, and I couldn't avoid running it over. Then about three weeks ago, my radio antenna stopped working; about two weeks ago, the remaining working speakers stopped working (I think there's some kind of loose connection, because the only speaker that worked for the longest time was the left one, and now that just went out. It only works when I use a cassette adapter and play my ipod through it.) Now this. I realize that through all of this, my car is still working and everything...I just think that this is starting to get ridiculous, and I'm wondering what the deal is. But again, I trust that God knows everything, and I pray He'll lead me to do whatever I need to, if I need to do anything at all. It's good not having to know all the answers all the time!