My wife sees God’s work in our daily lives differently than
I do. When I needed a new truck (see Day 11), she said, “Look in the
classifieds. If you’re supposed to have a truck, one will be waiting for you.”
I was skeptical, but I obediently looked in the paper. Yes,
I found a truck that met most of my requirements in the third ad.
I went to see it. Everything I inspected seemed good. Turning
the key, I heard no roughness. Why would anyone want to sell a fine machine
like this?
Then on the test drive, as I pulled onto the highway and
stepped down on the gas, a horrible banging started. I asked what had happened.
“Well,” the woman said, “when my son pulled the neighbor’s
sailboat out of the lake, he got the back under the water a little.” It turned out
that when he put the clutch in, the twenty-four foot boat started to pull the
truck into the lake. Panicked, he had floored the gas, snapped the clutch in first
gear, and sort of blown the engine. It still drove, but there was no power
left.
I drove home thinking that my wife was wrong. Soon the woman
with the truck called to ask, “Would you consider offering something less than we are asking?”
I talked to a friend. He said, “The only thing that is worth
anything on your old truck is the engine. It sounds like the only thing bad on
the other truck is the engine. They’re both Chevys so we should be able to pull
the old engine and drop it into the new truck. Offer $500 less. Maybe you’ll
have a new truck this weekend.”
The following Monday, I drove a fully restored truck to the DMV
to transfer the license plates. The signs of rust and neglect were gone, but
the heart of the truck remained the same.
Prayer
Lord, we are afraid to depend on your providing and
surprised when you do. Give us courage to bear witness to your activity in our
lives, to see your healing hand at work in all that we do. Amen
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