I will praise YOU in this storm
Earlier this week I had made a post about my car and how the repairs were going to be quite expensive. The night after I got my first estimate my neighbor called a buddy of his who works at a local garage. The mechanic said that $2500 dollars was too much and that all of the work could be done for, at most, $1000. I was pretty excited at that thought so yesterday I made the appointment and drove my broken car to the next garage. To be honest I didn't think I was going to make it but I did.
Today I received a call from the mechanic, which I wasn't expecting since they said my appointment was Tuesday, and he had some bad news for me. The check engine light in my car had been on but I thought that was only because of the exhaust. Turns out I was wrong. This place actually ran the diagnostics on the car and they said that it had many errors it was throwing off but the biggest ones all had to do with the transmission. His exact words to me were, "it is time for a new car." I thank him for looking at it and basically he said that he could not with a good conscience charge me to fix this because it would cost more, about $4000, than the car is actually worth. He also said that he would not let me drive it off the lot since it is completely unsafe to drive. I wonder what he would have thought if I told him I drove it 60 miles a day for about two weeks. Now we have one car and there is no real room in our budget to add an additional car payment. At the moment, my wife and I are in a real pickle.
One day this week, I think it may have been the day I received the first estimate, while I was driving home from work I heard the song "Praise You In This Storm" by the band Casting Crowns. This song, no matter what funk I may be in, always pulls me out of it when I hear it. It delivers such a powerful, positive message and it really makes me see that it is not I who is truly in control of my life, but Him. Today on my drive home from work and after receiving the bad news about my car the song came on again. The truth of the matter is I am in the midst of one of life's many storms. Things continue to get financially tougher and tougher each week, but I can not let that get me down. I know that God has a plan for me and that through His son Jesus I will get through this. I have to remember that though I might not receive immediate results God has a plan for me and that with Jesus I am never alone. I say one more time that I will PRAISE YOU in this storm.
Today I received a call from the mechanic, which I wasn't expecting since they said my appointment was Tuesday, and he had some bad news for me. The check engine light in my car had been on but I thought that was only because of the exhaust. Turns out I was wrong. This place actually ran the diagnostics on the car and they said that it had many errors it was throwing off but the biggest ones all had to do with the transmission. His exact words to me were, "it is time for a new car." I thank him for looking at it and basically he said that he could not with a good conscience charge me to fix this because it would cost more, about $4000, than the car is actually worth. He also said that he would not let me drive it off the lot since it is completely unsafe to drive. I wonder what he would have thought if I told him I drove it 60 miles a day for about two weeks. Now we have one car and there is no real room in our budget to add an additional car payment. At the moment, my wife and I are in a real pickle.
One day this week, I think it may have been the day I received the first estimate, while I was driving home from work I heard the song "Praise You In This Storm" by the band Casting Crowns. This song, no matter what funk I may be in, always pulls me out of it when I hear it. It delivers such a powerful, positive message and it really makes me see that it is not I who is truly in control of my life, but Him. Today on my drive home from work and after receiving the bad news about my car the song came on again. The truth of the matter is I am in the midst of one of life's many storms. Things continue to get financially tougher and tougher each week, but I can not let that get me down. I know that God has a plan for me and that through His son Jesus I will get through this. I have to remember that though I might not receive immediate results God has a plan for me and that with Jesus I am never alone. I say one more time that I will PRAISE YOU in this storm.
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