This is how cool God is...My son calls us from Florida today because his new (to him anyway) car broke down on his way to work. He's pretty upset, says he drove over a speed bump on a side street & the car literally just stopped. Car won't turn over, no lights, no radio...essentially, no power. When he bought the car a few months back, Norm & I decided we would purchase a AAA membership for him...just in case. However, due to extreme busyness in the AAA offices, they never forwarded his membership card. So, naturally, he has to call his dad. Norm gives him the AAA number, gets on the phone with AAA himself, gets Alex's membership number...Alex sits & waits for the truck to arrive.
Here's where it gets cool. While Alex is sitting & stewing in his broken-down car, now already late for work, his really good friend Todd pulls up. Alex was shocked! Surprised, he asks Todd, "What are you doing here. " Todd simply replies..."I don't know. I just had this strange feeling that you needed help and so I decided to get in my car & go look for you." Isn't that incredible?? What's particularly cool about this is, while Norm is calling AAA & doing all his dad things, mom is praying. I'm praying that God would send Alex some help. Also prayed that whatever was wrong with the car would be able to be fixed and that it wouldn't be expensive..because NONE of us have much money right now. So, not only does Todd find Alex, when Alex tells him what happened, Todd lifts the hood, wiggles some wires attached the battery and moved the battery around, got in the car & presto...it starts!! Alex's response to this is..."Todd!!!! What are you JESUS??!!!!" He excitedly calls to tell us this story & its at this point that I tell him that I had been praying for him. He's like, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!!!" Hey, I'm his mom...that's what I do. He was so thrilled that he would be able to get himself to work & will, naturally, have someone take a look at the car so it doesn't happen again.
In my mind what's pretty cool too is that I KNOW it was killing Norm that he couldn't rush to his son's aid. So, isn't it really awesome that Alex's Father could? And bottom line, God got there faster than AAA ever could!
And as we were saying our good-byes with Alex on the phone, just before Norm clicked his phone shut...we overheard Alex say..."thank you Jesus". My sentiments exactly...
Here's where it gets cool. While Alex is sitting & stewing in his broken-down car, now already late for work, his really good friend Todd pulls up. Alex was shocked! Surprised, he asks Todd, "What are you doing here. " Todd simply replies..."I don't know. I just had this strange feeling that you needed help and so I decided to get in my car & go look for you." Isn't that incredible?? What's particularly cool about this is, while Norm is calling AAA & doing all his dad things, mom is praying. I'm praying that God would send Alex some help. Also prayed that whatever was wrong with the car would be able to be fixed and that it wouldn't be expensive..because NONE of us have much money right now. So, not only does Todd find Alex, when Alex tells him what happened, Todd lifts the hood, wiggles some wires attached the battery and moved the battery around, got in the car & presto...it starts!! Alex's response to this is..."Todd!!!! What are you JESUS??!!!!" He excitedly calls to tell us this story & its at this point that I tell him that I had been praying for him. He's like, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!!!" Hey, I'm his mom...that's what I do. He was so thrilled that he would be able to get himself to work & will, naturally, have someone take a look at the car so it doesn't happen again.
In my mind what's pretty cool too is that I KNOW it was killing Norm that he couldn't rush to his son's aid. So, isn't it really awesome that Alex's Father could? And bottom line, God got there faster than AAA ever could!
And as we were saying our good-byes with Alex on the phone, just before Norm clicked his phone shut...we overheard Alex say..."thank you Jesus". My sentiments exactly...
