When everything goes WRONG!

Brenda and I were a bit testy with each other. We are trying  to get ready for a drive to Dallas for our Cru Mid-year Conf.

It has been uneventful except for our inter-tensions. And, I get into the truck to pick up the rental car, and it won’t start.  Battery is dead.

We finally get on the road. We take a short detour to see the church where I’ll be guest-preaching 4 sermons next month, and we find it with no trouble. About 90 min down the road we take an exit off the interstate to go to the bathroom. That gas station looks convenient on the left there. But the gas station has now been converted to a title pawn store, and we decide not to ask to use their rest room. It is surprisingly hard to find another gas station, so we visit the bathrooms in Arby’s. It is also surprisingly hard to get back on the Interstate.

We stop for an early dinner, but there is a 30-min wait at Cracker Barrel. We decide that this area is a good place to spend the night, since we are off the road already. After checking in to the Motel 6, we walk back to Cracker Barrel to find only a 10-min wait. Afterwards, I forget to use gift card to pay.

Upon reflection though, as I write this, a LOT worse could have gone wrong. We like our rental car. Enterprise came and picked me up—even though they don’t typically offer that service on Saturday. We traveled about half-way to Dallas. We were NOT in a wreck, we didn’t have any car trouble, no one was sick… And, we learned something. 

It is easy for us to get frustrated when just a few minor inconveniences arise. BUT, G^d is good and a LOT went right. G^d is good—ALL the time and we are Blessed—even when we don’t recognize it.