Do You Know When You've Been Served?

When I quiet my thoughts, remember that God’s knowledge & wisdom is infinite, and mine is not, or that even though God made me in His image "an image" is never greater that the One after which it is fashioned, it is in those moments that I can humble myself. In humbling, I will not get lost in the "whys" but allow magnification of the favor given.

My afternoon did not turnout in any way that I had expected. I "thought" my afternoon was going to be spent serving others but instead I found myself being the one served. On my way to "serve" smoke started coming from under the hood of my car coupled with my "check engine temp" light. My mind wanted to risk driving on but the "sane" me said, "Don't be stupid." Therefore, I reached a point where I could pull over and check under the hood to see what was going on. Of course, because I am a car technician, I knew exactly what I was seeing. Yeah, right. Not at all, I just saw smoke coming from the engine. Standing there pondering what to do, I saw the Firestone only about one block from where I was. In addition, coincidently (so I thought at the time) my sister’s street was the next street over from where I had stopped my car. A woman pulled up, “Do you need me to call a tow truck for you?” This woman explained that she had passed me by and she said God told her to come back. With it being the holidays and how the minds of people are now days, she was hesitant to come back. Long story short, I left my car there and she ended up driving me over to my sister’s house so I could determine what I was going to do. Just as I was about to call the Firestone to see how late they were open and if they could fit me in, my sister drove up in her driveway. I know she was tired; she had just been out grocery shopping. Nevertheless, she took time to take me back to my car and trail me the short distance over to Firestone. Where normally I would have had to sit at the shop for servicing on my car I was able to stay at my sister’s house until my car was ready less than about a 3-minute drive from her house. The people found the “costly problem” I had and got my car repaired.

Things could have been a lot worst. No one abandoned me. I did not spend my afternoon trying to get a tow and transportation for myself. I don’t know the “why” to how my afternoon was spent but I’m glad that God allowed me to see the favor in how everything I needed was placed right at my feet. Today, a stranger, my sister, and a car service shop served me...even if the service shop did require my money. Seriously, they could have been over-booked for that time of the day. When I humble myself and keep perspective, I can more clearly see what is important.