It's the week of Thanksgiving and Facebook is flooded with people sharing what they are thankful for. We could all sit and ponder the many things God has blessed us with and be in awe of His Goodness. Want to know what I'm thankful for? His undeniable perfect Way that shows us that who we are and what we go through is to bring glory to Him.
Case in Point:
A few months (6 to be exact) Steven and I were having car troubles with his Jeep. Turns out the transmission was messed up. We barely roll into an "undisclosed" mechanic shop and inquire about repair. He offers a fair price and a good warranty so we proceed. We pick the car up a few days later.
Less than a week or so goes by and it breaks down again. To make a LONG and PAINFUL story short, we took the car about 4 times and even had it towed once to no avail. Luckily the guy had yet to cash the check I paid him with, so we took it to a new place, had it fixed, and put a stop payment on the check.
Fast forward 6 months later..... in case you thought you read that wrong, yes I said SIX months later the original mechanic debits my account for $1200. Apparently he got my debit card number in this whole process. We still have no idea what happened with the check. Needless to say I'm freaking out and trying to figure out how this happened.
After a couple of days of racking my brain on how to fix this and how to get justice, every time I try to correct this problem it seems to get worse. It's amazing how we think we are all we need sometimes. Where is God? Oh I don't need Him... I GOT THIS! Yea right, I'm an idiot. So gently the Lord reminded that I am to trust Him in ALL situations. If I'm going to sit in church and agree with the Pastor when he says that God is for me, then I better learn how to walk the walk.
It's hard though. God never promised it would be easy. Human nature wants to get this corrected and get it corrected like yesterday! I'm not sure what is going to happen with this situation. I pray the guy does the right thing and gives us our money back. I might have to sue him. I may or may not win, but I know that if I don't that the devil has to give me my money back seven-fold. That's a nice chunk of change. :)
The moral of this story is that God does care about every aspect of our life. He calls us to trust Him and to know that He is victorious in all things. If God be for us, who can be against us? If God is on our side, what can stand against us? Not theft, not sickness. not relationship troubles, not financial issues, NOTHING.
Claim the victory with me today!
