This weekend my husband purchased a new pickup. I wasn't part of the dealing, however, we had private conversations at home about what that might look like. We talked about the desires he had, what he didn't want, what could be afforded, and all the details a dude wants to discuss in between. I appreciate the communication, to be honest, it truly didn't matter at all to me. He will be driving it and taking care of it and knows the needs he has for the use of it. I'm just going to be a passenger and perhaps an occasional driver. It will be his pickup, and with that, I felt his choices in the matter. After two days of negotiation and on Saturday they delivered (yes, brought it to him 60 miles away) his new pickup.
Sunday, after church we have a conversation with my daughter who has wanted to upgrade her car. And we make the decision to sell her car and put that money alongside the money she has been saving to purchase a newer car.
The situation was a bit different in this scenario, even though wouldn't be again, but an occasional driver. It changed because my daughter is a teenager and logic eludes her. She thinks "pretty", "shiny", "cute". The words reliable, economic, affordable, repairs are not words in her vocabulary at this stage in life. And I get that, so knowing that and her, I must help in the negotiations of what the next vehicle might be. If you have or have had or know a teenage girl ... You know that this subject could put a grown woman in a jumpsuit in a New York minute.
I posted both vehicles for my husband and daughter so that they might sell them. My husband again will do all of the negotiations for the pickup because he knows it, and knows all about it. With my daughter's vehicle, I'll be doing the communication because teenagers don't understand the process and with her mindset "eye on the prize" meaning, there is no mindset! It is a much more responsible choice for someone else to do the negotiations. Myself or her dad.
All of this got me to soak in how this applies in our relationships with Jesus.
I mean, if we're allowing God to be our transportation on this journey in life, what do we look for? Reliability, stability, slow steady pace. Ability to zoom forward when needed, ability to stop and now worry about stalling. We want the transportation to "fit us" we want to be comfortable, but not so comfortable we fall asleep at the wheel. We want safety and security knowing we'll be able to maintain the distance. We want great surround sound! We want the ability to let a little fresh air in and we want the ability to shut everything else out.
I'm so grateful I have chosen a life, where I put myself in God's ability to get me from place to place. In His ability to protect me and keep me safe. In His ability to be reliable and move me, to get me going from where I am to where I need to be.
I am most grateful for that! Getting me from WHERE I AM, to WHERE I NEED TO BE.
"All of God's promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding "YES!" 2 Corinthians 1:20