End of the Journey
After two long week but good weeks on the road traveling around part of Texas, we're finally home. For any of you who have been following our little saga, you know that our air conditioner went out on us during the second leg of our trip, between Nashville and Jackson, TN. After trying a few different places to get it fixed in Jackson, Dallas and Houston, we gave up the ghost. In San Antonio, we looked for a replacement
We went to one car dealership only (Carmax) and within an hour we had found the right vehicle at the right price at the right time. By that afternoon, everything had been taken care of and we drove away in our "new" 2003 Honda CRV that had only 25,000 miles and more importantly...air conditioning!! It is an understatement to say it was soooo nice driving in air conditioning!
The cool thing about all of this (no pun intended) is that even if we had not been provided this vehicle (and I truly believe it was provided for us), I know God would have continued to provide for our needs in other ways. I already told you that the drive from Houston to San Antonio was supposed to be in the low 90s according to the weather reports with only a few scattered clouds. Instead it was cloudy and 69 the entire drive.
The older I get and the more I experience, the more the reality of God working in human history is profoundly solidified in my heart and mind. As one of my spiritual heroes, Francis Schaeffer, said: "He is there and He is not silent." He really does care.
We went to one car dealership only (Carmax) and within an hour we had found the right vehicle at the right price at the right time. By that afternoon, everything had been taken care of and we drove away in our "new" 2003 Honda CRV that had only 25,000 miles and more importantly...air conditioning!! It is an understatement to say it was soooo nice driving in air conditioning!The cool thing about all of this (no pun intended) is that even if we had not been provided this vehicle (and I truly believe it was provided for us), I know God would have continued to provide for our needs in other ways. I already told you that the drive from Houston to San Antonio was supposed to be in the low 90s according to the weather reports with only a few scattered clouds. Instead it was cloudy and 69 the entire drive.
The older I get and the more I experience, the more the reality of God working in human history is profoundly solidified in my heart and mind. As one of my spiritual heroes, Francis Schaeffer, said: "He is there and He is not silent." He really does care.
Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What man among you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! Matthew 7:7-11
Labels: David C. Price
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 6/05/2006 04:25:00 PM
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4 Comments:
We had a similar problem: a/c went out on a brand new car in August between San Antonio and Houston. The repair was covered, but it was going to take two weeks to get the right part.
We drove only at night the rest of the trip and waited til we were home to have the car repaired.
That's good that it was covered, but it stinks that it happened on a brand new car. At least with a ten year old van it's understandable. It makes for a lovely trip, though, doesn't it?
Remind me not to drive between San Antonio and Houston, and if I must, then do it in January. It sounds brutal.
I spent 3 weeks in India during it's hottest time last year, it sounds comperable to your situation.
Honda's are great cars, and they are even better when you know God provided it.
Absolutely.
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