February 24, 2020
I drove 885 miles to Florida last week. When I got out of the car in the driveway of the home I was staying at, I saw 3 areas of concern on my front driver side tire. I called a friend and asked if he would look at it. He thought upon looking at it that I needed a new tire. I was headed to visit family and plans fell through. On my way back, I saw a Tire Kingdom and a few guys in the shop. I drove in to ask them their opinion about the tire. They all said that the tire needed to be replaced. That tire is much newer than the other three and I was mad. I thought to myself that I shouldn’t have gone to Florida at all and should have stayed home. I asked the guys if I was ok to drive on it and they said yes that it would only lose air, but I should be ok. I went to church on Sunday morning and to visit some friends right after. I had plans to visit my brother and drove to his house in the late afternoon. He looked at my tire and asked me if I wanted him to plug it. I said no, and that I would take it to a garage. After only a little encouraging, I let him do it. To both of our surprises, the “nails” that were in my tire were actually only one that had gone in one part and out another. When he used his pliers to pull them out, they hadn’t gone deep enough to puncture the tire. We both said it was a good thing that they were in that tire and not one of the others. I drove for a week in Florida, and another 885 miles back home with absolutely no issues.
I drove 885 miles to Florida last week. When I got out of the car in the driveway of the home I was staying at, I saw 3 areas of concern on my front driver side tire. I called a friend and asked if he would look at it. He thought upon looking at it that I needed a new tire. I was headed to visit family and plans fell through. On my way back, I saw a Tire Kingdom and a few guys in the shop. I drove in to ask them their opinion about the tire. They all said that the tire needed to be replaced. That tire is much newer than the other three and I was mad. I thought to myself that I shouldn’t have gone to Florida at all and should have stayed home. I asked the guys if I was ok to drive on it and they said yes that it would only lose air, but I should be ok. I went to church on Sunday morning and to visit some friends right after. I had plans to visit my brother and drove to his house in the late afternoon. He looked at my tire and asked me if I wanted him to plug it. I said no, and that I would take it to a garage. After only a little encouraging, I let him do it. To both of our surprises, the “nails” that were in my tire were actually only one that had gone in one part and out another. When he used his pliers to pull them out, they hadn’t gone deep enough to puncture the tire. We both said it was a good thing that they were in that tire and not one of the others. I drove for a week in Florida, and another 885 miles back home with absolutely no issues.
I love how God uses things
like this to help me see how He sometimes works. Things
happen that I think “That is my best tire, why did it have to be that one?!”
but God knows that is exactly the one that needed to take whatever it is. Perhaps the strongest part is able to take the
trial without it hurting too deeply. God
is able to remove the thing that appeared to harm us leaving only minor damage.
Thank You Lord God for protecting me and using something like this to show me more of who You are. Thank You for reminding me that while what I see as the worst possible case is actually the best thing that could happen overall. Thank You for Your sovereignty. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Thank You Lord God for protecting me and using something like this to show me more of who You are. Thank You for reminding me that while what I see as the worst possible case is actually the best thing that could happen overall. Thank You for Your sovereignty. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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