Blessed Be Your Name

This past Sunday morning I got to the school a little early. I had planned to just sit and pray and spend time with Jesus. I sat in my truck and began singing along with Matt Redman "Blessed Be Your Name." As I was singing, I got a little hot, so I turned the truck off. After another few minutes or so, I started getting cold again. I went to start my truck again and it would not crank! "AWESOME!" is all I could say to myself. I started getting really mad and asking God why. "Why is my truck not starting, what did I do??" (yeah, I know...it gets better...)

A few minutes later, Paul drove up beside me and asked if I needed a ride, and I just said I would walk. So I got my stuff that wasn't too heavy to carry and began the walk to the school. About half way to the school door, I started praying and telling God I was sorry that I had neglected Him. Here I was saying "when the darkness closes in, Lord still I will say blessed be Your name!" But I am getting upset about my freakin truck not starting. Things could have been SO much worse! So I just started thanking God for letting me breathe and live another day.

I looked back at my truck and saw that my interior light was on. "Great, now the battery is definitely going to be fried." So I started walking BACK to my truck to turn the light off. I continued to thank God that he has blessed me so much, even if my truck never started again, I was still blessed beyond measure because HE sent HIS son to DIE for me so that I could be with HIM forever!

When I got back to my truck, I opened the door and said to myself, "I'll give it one more try." IT CRANKED!

Thank you Jesus for allowing me to realize that my truck doesn't matter to You and shouldn't be such a huge part of my life. I was putting my truck not starting in between You and I. I can be so selfish sometimes. I can become so consumed with stupid petty things that I miss God.

This story may seem dumb to you, but I truly feel like I experienced a touch from God. I mean honestly, I tried cranking my truck over and over and over again before I started walking. It was not cranking anytime soon. It wasn't my battery because everything was turning on, it just wasn't turning over...DO NOT BELITTLE GOD! He is in control of the smallest and LARGEST things! He will get your attention if He needs to...trust me.