Friday, March 23, 2012

Sovereign over all things....

Today I was reminded that the Lord cares about all aspects of our lives!  Sometimes I just forget that He cares about every single moment of my life! Today my car was put in the shop :( oh the joys of having to be responsible.  Sometimes I just desire to be a child again, and not have to worry about things like this! However it's life!  So I took it to the closest place to my apt, because I didn't know how far my car would make it!  They took a look at it and informed me that the piece that was broken was a very expensive piece and when he told me the estimate of the price, tears started pouring down my cheeks.  Now....I told myself "I'm not gonna cry, I'm not gonna cry!  No  matter what he says, hold off on the tears."  However when those numbers came out of his mouth, I couldn't help the tears!  It was just more than I had! Pour guy is just standing there like uhhhh I don't know what to do!  So I'm apologizing saying I'm sorry I'm crying, I'm fine, I'm really fine! Then I decide to go to the waiting room part of the garage to call my dad so I don't freak the poor guy out too much, and they were playing Christian music, which was an encouragement in itself.  Then he came in and said that I wouldn't even be able to drive my car anywhere else, because the piece that was broken would cause more damage to the rest of my engine if I continued to drive it!  So I told him to go ahead and fix it....praying that he wasn't scamming me!  He looked me in the eyes, my red, swollen, puffy eyes, and he asked my name.  He said "Kelsey it will be ok, we'll fix it up for you, and give you the best service we can!"  And his eyes were just so compassionate, and he was so sweet!  I figured he would get angry, because here he has an emotional crying college girl in his garage, but he was just so sweet to me!  He even told me that he would provide me a ride to work today! So I went home and just let the tears loose with the Lord, and just asked Him for peace in my heart!  I know He always provides, however sometimes I allow my flesh to take over and my heart became overwhelmed.  I went back to the garage later that evening to pick up my car, and he said that on Thursdays they have some kind of "ladies deal" where ladies get 15% off...and he said that even though it was Friday he was going to give me that discount.  So that was $50 off....however when he rang it in he gave me $60 off (he took off an extra $10) and he told me that I was low on oil so he filled my oil, and I was also low on transmission fluid so he filled that as well.  Then he said that my motor was running hard and it wasn't good for it, so he ran something through it that washed it out, so that it would run more smooth....and then on top of all that, he said that they had to take it out on the road to test it, so they put a little gas in it, because it was on empty.  When I got in my car, my gas tank was over halfway full!  And they did all the extra things for no charge!  Only the first estimate he told me, minus $60!!! How faithful is our God!!  And how precious are His children who are obedient to His voice like this man was!  The Lord truly cares about us more than we can even comprehend!  He continues daily to pour His blessings over our lives!  

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