I always try to start my day off so it is focused on the Lord and doing well. Yesterday was supposed to be a great day. I actually slept in until 7 instead of being up at 5AM and going to Starbucks early to read and write. The weather has been really cold so it is always an adjustment getting out of bed. We had a busy week with doing lots of things with New City and then my brother and family spend the week with us also. So I needed at least to feel like I caught up on my sleep. I know sleeping in my bed vs. on the couch made a big difference.
I was ready to drive my yellow car to Discount Tires to get a tire fixed only to be told that I needed to buy a new tire. I really didn’t want to hear that but I went ahead and had the tire changed. Next, I brought the van to get a tire replaced. As the tire guy looked at the van, he came to the conclusion that these were the wrong tires, four ply instead of 10 ply and that all of them should be changed. Ouch! I didn’t want to hear this nor want to buy not one but four new tires. I was hoping I could just use the spare tire and get away without spending anything. This wasn’t going to happen.
Now as we go to pull out of the parking lot it becomes clear that the battery in the truck is dead. What else can go wrong now?? The yellow car is almost finished so we wait and load all of our dogs, our family, into the yellow car and drive home. I had to go see my dad, do errands and meet with the homeless group downtown. So after finishing I go back and get Anne and start working on the truck to only break the battery cable. So I call my friend, Johnny, who is great with working on cars. I go buy a battery and new cable connector. Just as I get started he arrives and I kick Anne out to go home with the van, that now has four brand new tires.
I am a quick learner but there are many things I have never done. So I watch Johnny take apart the old connector and put on the new connector and we fix the battery. The truck starts up like it should and I am ready to go home. As I was watching Johnny fix the connector I ask him how his day is going and he says not so good. I obviously ask what’s up. He proceeds to tell me that he has a New Year’s Resolution that is making it tough not to be uptight or ready to kill someone. So I figure out that he must be going cold turkey. We talk a little about how all of this will work. He is a great guy and I truly hope that God will open his eyes to the gospel as his true hope in life.
I am thrilled that the truck works and I can now go home and tear down all of my outside Christmas lights. This is always much easier to tear down than to put up. So I quickly make piles of the different types of lights, bag them and then box all of them. I am done just in time so we can take our herd for a walk before the sun disappears. We leash the dogs and then load them up. It is cold now and the sun is starting to set. It is a nice short walk because all of a sudden I feel the ‘call of nature’ and start to walk at a more rapid pace. I am rather upset because the traffic light changes and it takes an eternity for the lights to cycle. I pull up in the driveway and literally run into the house or I mean bathroom.
We finish making our gourmet dinner of pork roast, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn and get Terrance to break away from the computer. Anne in her normal champion style escorts me to veg out while she does the dishes. I got cold for some reason on the walk and now would rather collapse after a long and rather stressful day. I know that at times my dad’s situation weighs on me, especially after he says something that is a concern or is mad about something that is not fixable. Today it was another one of the guys on his floor that was going strange. The ol preacher man is in rare form and is talking about evil spirits and gives me the eye as if to say I am an evil spirit or something. Driving home I get a call from Pablo, my Hispanic Pastor friend, which truly made my day.
As I get in bed and read a little bit I realize that Anne is going to tackle the garage in my absence and stay up most of the night doing this. I am amazed to see the finished product, as I get ready to go to Starbucks to read and write. Another day where I discover again that God’s loving care is truly a gift that I don’t deserve but He lavishes upon me everyday.
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