God, Fix Our Van!
God, Fix Our Van! When our van broke down, our prayer for days was “God, please fix our van!” Or “God, please make sure UPS delivers the part today!” And then things began to happen and our prayer changed to “God, what would you have us do today?” On a Saturday we left home to drive across the country to visit our children. It was a grand plan: visit four days with our boys, go camping and then drive to see our daughter and do the same thing. Things were going fine until we tried to climb a steep gravel road toward a reservoir and things began to heat up. Literally. The van overheated and BOOM! The thermostat housing exploded. I tried to remain calm. Hey, no one’s hurt, my boys have another car to go get help. It’s not so bad……I wish I had been calmer. Plans look ruined. What would we do now? At least it was daylight and a tow truck was coming. “Oh God, lead us to a good garage!” And various prayers like that effused from our mouths. Meanwhi