I just bought an $85 bolt

I climbed in the truck to head for work and started backing out of the driveway. Hmmm, something was wrong. I saw that the truck was tilting heavily to the right. When I climbed out for a look I found a big bolt stuck solidly in the very flat front right tire. So much for going to work on time.

 

I called the place where we usually buy our tires and they couldn’t come fix the tire until “tomorrow”.  I’m glad I was at home and not on the road. They supplied the name of someone to ask and I called, or rather tried to call. I was later told that person had left town. I tried their competitor tire place and no one would answer the phone, they “want to make things as easy as possible for their customers, please go to our website and communicate with us from there”. I called the first place again and told them to put me on their list for the next day.

 

Bright and early the next morning a gentleman was here to fix the tire. $85 please. That’s one expensive bolt and I didn’t even get to keep it.

 

So why did all that happen? Who knows. Maybe it was just a tactic to make my purse a little lighter. I suspect it is because I have known for a long time that we needed to put new tires on that truck and I kept dragging my toes. I'm sure that someday it was going to catch up with me and I was going to be out driving somewhere when a tire blew or went flat simply because it had worn out. Maybe God took drastic measures to get my attention. If so, it worked. After taking that tire off the truck and seeing how bad it actually was, I went into action. New tires are ordered and early next week they will be on the truck. On the other hand, if I had already put new tires on the truck that bolt probably still would have been in the same place at the same time and the truck would have had a flat in a new tire.  

 

So, did God cause the flat tire? Well, no, the bolt did, but God allowed it, and we can count our blessings.The tire went flat at home, not at work or on the road. The people I work with were very understanding and I had my computer at home with me so could do some work from here. The tire was fixed promptly the next morning and I didn't miss another day at work. We had the money to pay for it because God always provides for His children.

I wonder what you are going through today. Are you able to see the possibility of God's hand at work? Can you find the blessings even in hardship? Accept the challenge and give it a try, I'll bet you can if you think about it for awhile.