i don't usually do this but i have to give this testimony:
so yesterday morning, my day started as usual with going outside in the cold,
warming my car up a little, then driving to work. when i got in the parking
lot, kind of earlier than usual, i parked in a premium close spot and i decided
to go into the building early. i dug all in my purse and couldn't find my work
id/security key at all, which is highly irregular for me because every day i
put it in my purse as soon as i get home. every day. always. so it became
apparent to me, i had left it at home. so i say, "no biggie, i'll just
move my car to the front of the building to get a temporary id." i go to
start my car and it won't start! mind you, this is all of about 2 minutes after
i parked and i haven't had any car troubles with this car ever. so i'm freaked
out. the lights come on but it doesn't start, so i figure it can't be the
battery, it has to be something bigger and more expensive to fix. here's where
it gets good.
so, yesterday at work i was scheduled for a kind of
more-laid back day than usual, so i had time to call AAA to have their roadside
assistance come to my car to assess the problem. i called them at 3:50 and i
got off work at 4:20. at 4:08, AAA called me to say that they were 15 minutes
away from me. at exactly 4:20, AAA calls me again from my parking lot saying
that he is right next to my car and to come on down. i get down there and i'm
nervous about what is going to be said. when it was all said and done, the
problem was that my 4 year-old, original manufacture battery basically did not
have enough juice in it to start the car. of all the problems that it could
have been, the starter, the alternator, something else, it was the cheapest
thing to get fixed. and yes, i replaced it yesterday.
God spoke to me in ways that I could understand. He
purposely made me leave my id badge at home so that when i got to work, i'd
have to try to start my car at the beginning of my "abnormally"
easier workday, rather than find out it wasn't going to start after i got off
work and then have to wait that much longer to have AAA come to fix it. He
knows how much i care about attendance and punctuality, so he made sure that my
car started yesterday morning and got me to work with no problem. He made the
car not start at my job, which is conveniently close to 2 highways, to make it
easier for AAA to find my location. He blessed me by getting me to work early
enough to get a prime parking spot so that AAA would have no problem finding my
car without me having to go downstairs to show them where it was. i was told
when i got my last oil change in November, that i needed to start looking at getting
a new car battery and that it wasn't going to die in the next week or so but
that it was something to put on my to-do list. God knows me. He knows that i
procrastinate and put off doing most things related to my car, so he
intentionally made yesterday bitterly cold so that it would affect my battery
as a way to show me, "uh Caprice, you need to get it together and get a
new battery for that car, because the winter is coming and it's going to go
dead again." God is so awesome to me! i could have had a bad attitude
about my day starting off "badly", leaving my work badge at home, car
not starting, but no, i chose to be positive. i spoke and smiled at people i
passed by. when people asked me how i was, i said "i'm good," and
meant it. i was in a good mood and tried not to worry about the situation. God
is so good and i'm thankful and blessed to have Him and blessed to be
His!
