Most people wouldn't think of adversity as a busted tire, but that's all I thought about the situation when mine popped against a sewer grate this morning. I was teary-eyed when I called my husband and asked him what I should do. I was faced with a few dilemmas. The first was that I couldn't get to work. I felt the tire lowering steadily. It wasn't a problem I could fix by pumping air into it. There was a hole in the tire, and I knew I couldn't make it to work. My second was that I didn't think I had enough money for a tire. Jonathan (my husband) came home and inspected it, noticing it was indeed flat. I called to see how much a tire would be and it looked like I had just enough. But, since Jonathan had already come back to the house, I asked him to drop me off and pick me up from work. At first, I sat there crying. Any onlooker would have thought that this minor inconvenience ruined my life. I was mostly upset because it was my fault that the tire had busted. What's worse is that Jonathan had told me repeatedly that, one day, continuing to drive my car over the sewer grate would result in a messed up tire. He was right, but I kept doing it. I was also upset because, on the recommendation of my father-in-law, I had just replaced the tire before we made the trip down to visit family at Thanksgiving. Jonathan helped me into his car. His car is nice, but it is lower to the grown than my vehicle, a cute little Kia Soul (yes the hamster car). At first, I was telling him how much of an idiot I felt like. He kept insisting I wasn't. I took out my phone, as most people my age do, and went to Snapchat to update my friends about what was going on. I started laughing while I told the story. God helped me find laughter in the situation. I remember looking at Jonathan and saying, "you know, I was actually wishing that God had protected me from something. Like maybe there was a crash or my car was going to explode." He looked at me and said "that's awful." It didn't dampen the mood. I replied. "I know, I'm sorry." And we went about the rest of our trip to my job. By the time I got out of the car, I was crying from all of the laughing we did. Jonathan and I are a goofy couple. One of my favorite things about him is his humor. I struggle, mostly in high-stress moments of life, with anxiety, and I used to have issues with depression. I whole-heartedly believe that God sent Jonathan for me. I know that's cheesy, but I've only met a few people who could make me happy when I'm sad, and only one other person, my best friend Jeremy, who could make me laugh when I feel completely broken. My point in this post is to say this: God can pick us up when we are down through the people who He has sent to love us. I also took a great deal out of the example about Jonathan telling me time and time again not to do what I did. But, even when I did it and it put a wrench in what I had planned, he still came to me, helped me, and lifted my spirits. I saw God all over him this morning. He could have been angry about coming home when work was about to start, and he could have scolded me about the situation, filling my ears with "I told you so's." God is the same way, but obviously better because He is perfect and just. His son watched people make mistakes He warned against while on Earth, but He still loved them and would have been there to help them in their time of need. So now, instead of worrying about my tire, I have this soft, warm, fuzzy feeling deep in my heart and I know that, no matter the circumstance, God will not only solve the issue, He can also use people in your life to lift your spirits. Here's a little video from this morning that I took on Snapchat. What a blessing to have this God-sent man in my life!
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