Can we say major maintenance issues? But the bill was oh so reasonable for all the work they did, going above and beyond what we had thought we had needed.
I had no idea I had been driving with so many problems – any one of which might have been a bummer to contend with on a summer day in Dallas. But when I drove home, I felt the difference! I had been accustoming myself to the problems I thought it just came with the territory of driving a 1993 “Classic.” The glitches and maintenance problems had become the new normal for me.
All those parts that needed cleaning, tightening, fine tuning and replacing had to be serviced if we want to avoid the expense of replacing a car. Considering the possible scenarios, God’s finger prints were all over this one. I totally underestimated what was required to keep an old car properly serviced.
And I see a connection to keeping me running too. I need the Lord tinkering in my heart and mind – road-testing my performances as much as I ever needed a good mechanic to go over our car. I get way too accustomed to living with – rationalizing – bad attitudes, less than stellar speech, and weak performances. God’s kindness to me is even more persistent than the kind mechanics’, and more skillful.
What a blessing to still be on the road, because of unexpected care!
Do not cast me away when I am old; do not forsake me when my strength is gone.
. . .
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God,
till I declare your power to the next generation,
your might to all who are to come. ( Ps 51:2, 7-11; 71:9, 18)
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Thanks, Barb! What a great analogy for this old jalopy. Thank you, Jesus, for not trading me in! HUMMM< is Heaven going to be like an old junk yard....maybe, the the spiffiest one with all reconditioned, beautiful classics!
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