This needs to be written down

 First off, no one is going to believe this. Second, it’s truly a testimony of God handling every single thing in life. Thirdly, it will make you think of all the unbelievable things you’ve read in the Bible. Folks, I’m telling you right now that what I’m about to share really happened. It happened exactly as I describe it. I have eye witnesses. Will people who were not there believe it? What about a hundred years from now or 2,000 years from now - are there REAL accounts found in the Bible that you think can’t possibly be true? Exaggerated? Even with witnesses? Could it really have happened the way it’s written down? Let me take you on a recent journey:

Got up early after a great awards banquet in North Carolina to take Kathy to the airport.

Engine turned over and then died. Nothing. Dead battery?!!

Called road service. It will be two hours.

No shuttle service available. No Uber will come out that far to the conference center. We were leaving the conference before it finished so others weren’t heading out. Our only option was to change her flight. Next available: 7:47 PM. Getting her to Grand Rapids at 12:33 AM. And she was scheduled to work at 7:00am. So then she had to find someone to switch shifts with at work.

Notify loved ones of the situation. Grab a coffee and begin our wait.

Tow truck arrives two hours later. It’s not a dead battery. It’s something else. He can’t tow the car anyway because the service order was for a dead battery and he had another call to go to. I had to request another road service for a tow. You guessed it. It will be another two hours to get someone out there.

Plus, the insurance company needs to approve of the repair shop it gets delivered to. They listed several and I just picked the closest one.

So we find a place to sit and wait. We decide to unload our baggage from the car so we’re ready when he comes. Haul everything up the stairs to a comfortable place to wait. Realize I don’t have my purse with me. Did I drop it somewhere?

Lost purse. Found purse.

Meanwhile, my husband is making the two-hour trip up to rescue us and get Kathy to the airport.

Notified by road service there’s been a delay. It will be an additional 90 minutes. Since we’ve only had a cinnamon roll from the coffee shop, we decide to go in and purchase lunch passes. Got in line for the front desk. You guessed it. Lunch room closed three minutes earlier.

Back to sitting and waiting. Tow truck came. Now just wait for my husband and get this nightmare over.

Road service calls. Repair shop I selected will not accept my car. They are two weeks out and have no place to store it. Need to find a different repair shop and one that will accept my car. Meanwhile, the tow truck guy has another call to go to, so my car was taken to their storage (a 1/2 hour away). Found another repair shop. Car will be towed there. 

Husband showed up. First thing on the list was to get some real food. Then off to the repair shop to give them any information they need. Car was not there yet - en route. Actually past it as we were heading out of town to the airport.

Part way to the airport I get a call. The tow truck driver is saying he gave the car key back to me. (No, he didn’t.) So now the repairman has no keys. Husband has spare key so we turn around and go back to deliver that.

Husband’s car is now overheating and in the red. So while we’re at the repair shop, they throw some more Prestone in for us. On a wing and a prayer we get Kathy to the airport. But something is obviously wrong with THIS car. Search for a nearby car care place. Half hour away and they close in a half hour. We made it at 5:27. Long enough for them to say come back tomorrow morning. So we find a hotel for the night. Call our cat sitter to go feed the cats.

Next morning. Husband’s car has a small crack in the water pump. Car has cooled off overnight and we can drive it the 2-1/2 hours back home. My car didn’t fair as well. The engine blew. Expensive but not as much as buying a replacement.

Unbelievable, right? But God had us in a safe place, and got us to the next safe place the entire time. A lot of calamity in 24 hours. How many biblical characters can you think of that have had trauma after trauma - and even written down… it’s all so hard to believe? Or take the miracles of Jesus. God Himself felt the need to get His stuff written down. So you would come to know Him as Almighty. This account of mine can be viewed as God’s miraculous hand at work again and again, providing at every turn.

Food for thought: God does amazing things. Rescue things. Good out of bad things. Remember that the next time you find yourself in a challenging situation. Know this kind of God and that He will do the same for you.