behaving myself
The one thing I dislike about the way my life goes sometimes is the utter lack of control I feel I have over some of the circumstances I find myself in. Every now and again, it gets to me and I wanna start driving the car again. I kind of talked about this on Monday, along with being alone, which I'm really not grooving to.
I told y'all that God works in my life in some pretty unusual ways. Here's today's story and what I got out of what happened.
Last night after work, my car wouldn't start. At one in the morning, there aren't a whole lot of options of who to call. Probably, the one guy I could have called I no longer have his phone number and the next time I see him at work, I'll make sure to grab it. He would have been up because he works in the same building I do and gets off work at about the same time I do. Anyway, as it turns out, the very last car in the parking lot was parked next to me. And these two guys that work in the hangar offered me a ride home.
Moral: I had a need and God used these two guys to meet it.
Fast forward to this morning. There is an auto repair shop on the base and that's where the car is at. I didn't get a ticket for being parked where I was, which is fortunate. But the guys at the auto place were unwilling to help me move the car the two blocks from where it was at to where it was. I called a couple of people to see if they could help me. One was in Salt Lake and another didn't return my call right away. But as I was cleaning out the car (coffee cups, of course!), two of the guys I worked with on the Fuels crew came out. They helped me tow the car over to the auto repair place.
The downside is of course financial. I could've changed the starter on my own at home, but I'm not gonna try to tow that car that far and all the way uphill. I figured by the time I paid a tow truck to do the job it would cost about as much to have the car repaired on base. In the mean time, I had to get the truck temporarily licensed so I can drive it. It needs a windshield to be inspected, so there's the double whammy but both of my cars will be road worthy by the end of next week.
Oh, and about Monday. Sometimes I don't like being alone. Sometimes it would be nice to be able to call someone at home and have them help. That's definitely one of the downfalls of my situation right now. And as much as I don't like it, I had a friendly reminder that it's what I've been led to and that God expects certain behaviors out of me. Apparently being in a put my foot down mood is not among them. How do I know?
On the way to work, there was this radio program that pretty much explained to me what God would expect of me in the situation I'm in. Hey, I know when I don't, some bad things happen, but even in the midst of every trial, God can use them to remind me of things. The big one is that yes, I'm still where I'm at because that's where I need to be and the most important lesson this morning.
Just because I'm lonely doesn't mean I'm alone and God in His infinite mercy today, showed me that He's capable and willing to provide what I need when I need it if I trust Him. And I do.
I told y'all that God works in my life in some pretty unusual ways. Here's today's story and what I got out of what happened.
Last night after work, my car wouldn't start. At one in the morning, there aren't a whole lot of options of who to call. Probably, the one guy I could have called I no longer have his phone number and the next time I see him at work, I'll make sure to grab it. He would have been up because he works in the same building I do and gets off work at about the same time I do. Anyway, as it turns out, the very last car in the parking lot was parked next to me. And these two guys that work in the hangar offered me a ride home.
Moral: I had a need and God used these two guys to meet it.
Fast forward to this morning. There is an auto repair shop on the base and that's where the car is at. I didn't get a ticket for being parked where I was, which is fortunate. But the guys at the auto place were unwilling to help me move the car the two blocks from where it was at to where it was. I called a couple of people to see if they could help me. One was in Salt Lake and another didn't return my call right away. But as I was cleaning out the car (coffee cups, of course!), two of the guys I worked with on the Fuels crew came out. They helped me tow the car over to the auto repair place.
The downside is of course financial. I could've changed the starter on my own at home, but I'm not gonna try to tow that car that far and all the way uphill. I figured by the time I paid a tow truck to do the job it would cost about as much to have the car repaired on base. In the mean time, I had to get the truck temporarily licensed so I can drive it. It needs a windshield to be inspected, so there's the double whammy but both of my cars will be road worthy by the end of next week.
Oh, and about Monday. Sometimes I don't like being alone. Sometimes it would be nice to be able to call someone at home and have them help. That's definitely one of the downfalls of my situation right now. And as much as I don't like it, I had a friendly reminder that it's what I've been led to and that God expects certain behaviors out of me. Apparently being in a put my foot down mood is not among them. How do I know?
On the way to work, there was this radio program that pretty much explained to me what God would expect of me in the situation I'm in. Hey, I know when I don't, some bad things happen, but even in the midst of every trial, God can use them to remind me of things. The big one is that yes, I'm still where I'm at because that's where I need to be and the most important lesson this morning.
Just because I'm lonely doesn't mean I'm alone and God in His infinite mercy today, showed me that He's capable and willing to provide what I need when I need it if I trust Him. And I do.
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