"...or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?" Luke 15:8
A friend of mine called me last night upset as she lost her car key while walking her dog. She was not at home but a public trail and could not get into her car or access her purse, phone and house keys which were locked inside her car. Plus omnious rain was overhead. The situation was definately not good. My husband and I drove to the trail to find her and her dog waiting under the tree. Come to find out the key had fallen out of a hole in her pocket. My husband tried to "break into" her car, as she and I retraced her steps on the trail.
She had gone over that (2-mile) trail 5 times looking for the black and silver key. She and I went back on the trail, hoping that a set of fresh eyes would help. I strained on every inch in front of me, hoping the key would show itself. No luck.
We gave up halfway into the woods and decided to turn back. At this point I said a simple prayer, "Lord help us find that key". No grand words, just simple faith. We started to talk and did not continue our intense search. The key was gone, washed away by some water or picked up by another jogger. We would loan her our truck for the weekend as she ordered a new key to the car.
As we walked, I felt a strange urge to look to the side of me. There, down, just behind my shoulder, was the key, bigger than life, sitting smack dab on the pavement. How could have both of us missed it???? And what possessed me to "happen" to look at just the spot behind me? Well, the Lord did.
Some walkers came by as we rejoiced over the key. We said to them, "We found the key! It was lost but now it's found!" They were courteous but looked at us as if we'd been dipping into the moonshine as we were so giddy about it.
The Lord of the the universe, who keeps planets, stars and galaxies from running into each other, cares about a simple car key. Imagine our joy when we found that key. We were laughing, hugging and jumping like school girls. We imediately thanked the Lord for allowing us to find it.
In the small details and complications of life, don't ever be afraid to give God your issues. He hears, He cares, He answers!
A friend of mine called me last night upset as she lost her car key while walking her dog. She was not at home but a public trail and could not get into her car or access her purse, phone and house keys which were locked inside her car. Plus omnious rain was overhead. The situation was definately not good. My husband and I drove to the trail to find her and her dog waiting under the tree. Come to find out the key had fallen out of a hole in her pocket. My husband tried to "break into" her car, as she and I retraced her steps on the trail.
She had gone over that (2-mile) trail 5 times looking for the black and silver key. She and I went back on the trail, hoping that a set of fresh eyes would help. I strained on every inch in front of me, hoping the key would show itself. No luck.
We gave up halfway into the woods and decided to turn back. At this point I said a simple prayer, "Lord help us find that key". No grand words, just simple faith. We started to talk and did not continue our intense search. The key was gone, washed away by some water or picked up by another jogger. We would loan her our truck for the weekend as she ordered a new key to the car.
As we walked, I felt a strange urge to look to the side of me. There, down, just behind my shoulder, was the key, bigger than life, sitting smack dab on the pavement. How could have both of us missed it???? And what possessed me to "happen" to look at just the spot behind me? Well, the Lord did.
Some walkers came by as we rejoiced over the key. We said to them, "We found the key! It was lost but now it's found!" They were courteous but looked at us as if we'd been dipping into the moonshine as we were so giddy about it.
The Lord of the the universe, who keeps planets, stars and galaxies from running into each other, cares about a simple car key. Imagine our joy when we found that key. We were laughing, hugging and jumping like school girls. We imediately thanked the Lord for allowing us to find it.
In the small details and complications of life, don't ever be afraid to give God your issues. He hears, He cares, He answers!
6 comments:
I locked my keys in my car a couple weeks ago at Wal_mart. How befitting.
Similarly to your story, I decided to try to break into my vehicle rather than wait for a tow truck and a $45 fee for a greasemonkey to open it in 2 seconds with a slimjim.
I went inside Wal-mart, and of the thousands of products they carry, they sell NOTHING to break into my car. GO FIGURE. An employee did get me a coat hanger to try.
The coat hanger was a joke and I decided to pull on the small rear side window, hoping to get it to "pop" open. Needless to say, it smashed and glass went everywhere, but I was able to reach in through the broken window and unlock it. I used a snowbrush to sweep the glass as best I could off the parking lot, hoping the security cameras were not rolling...I drove home, feeling the fresh air rush into the vehicle as if I was on my motorcycle. I promptly duct taped the window and was reminded of a t-shirt i have that says " I can fix anything, I have duct tape". As the whole ordeal was behind me, the window was repaired a couple weeks later and all worked out in the end.
lEnjoyed reading your entry. It is wonderful to hear some good news.
How funny, Brent! Hope your car is back good as new.
I still can't believe we actually found the key!!! Although, I am quite impressed w/ how quickly your husband broke into my car!! (could be another career option to fall back on!! hehe) I think I may be happiest, though, that we didn't actually have to put the wet dog in your van after all :) Thanks much!!
Had a similar experience the other day while going to get my dog out of "jail". Was driving around trying to find the shelter, and could not find where to turn. After driving around for over 45 minutes, I started to worry since I had a time dealine to post his "bail" money. I said the "Oh, God.....help!" prayer, and drove around again. There on the side of the road was a sign pointing us in the right direction. None of us that were in the card had seen that sign the several times we had driven that way. Coincidence? I don't think so! Thanks for the reminder of who holds our lives in the palm of His hand!
God does work in wonderful ways.
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