My car

We have a 1998 Subaru. Pretty old, huh? Yes, but this one was really special. It had leather seats that were heated!  I guess that isn’t the important thing for you so I’ll tell you more. It had a rebuilt motor, new transmission, new battery, brakes were brought up to par, pretty good tires and everything worked great. That is until we were on our way to church one day and it overheated which my son said was bad. After that, two mechanics told us the best thing we can do is trash it! Trash my leather seats which were heated? That didn’t make sense, but it kept on overheating. In fact, my son said it started heating after he drove it less than a couple of blocks!

So we had to do something. I didn’t have any equity in my house so I couldn’t get a loan. The lady we talked to said I couldn’t get a car loan because I didn’t have a driver’s license! That made sense. My son would have to get the loan but he had quit his job in order to take care of me (I am 93) and had started a business on the internet which has been slow. So, we would have to do something else.

Well, I started praying! I had never prayed for a car before, but I was sure God knew all about it. A few days went by and my other son in New Mexico called. Now, I was sure he couldn’t give us a car. He has had many health problems for a long time and didn’t have any real income. But, he did say his wife might give us a loan. They had put all of their income in her name because of his illness.  She called later and gave us all we needed! I couldn’t believe it. She wouldn’t even hear about a loan. She said, “It is a gift, shouldn’t a family help in time of need?”

Now I dream of our car! I wonder, Will it have leather seats that are heated? Wouldn’t that be wonderful? I wanted you to know about this because maybe you have wondered if God answers prayer. He does!