sunday

my car has been riding bad for over a year and a half... when we drove to Pa in september 2005 and came back with robert’s friend, he said he thought the tires needed to be balanced... the tires made a clicky sound on the driver’s side... when i drove to Pa in the spring of 2006, i stopped for gas in maryland and the station attendant told me i desperately needed front tires... so i paid the really high price for rest stop tires that were balanced and there was no change... so then i thought i need suspension work or something... well yesterday i ran into a curb because i was talking on my cell phone and driving (don’t do that) at the same time... when i got to the gas station i checked the right front tire and there was a bubble in the side wall, which i know is bad... i went to my class at church and then i skipped the service so i could go to sears for a new tire... so of course the guy at sears checks all my tires and tells me i actually need 2 tires, the right front and the left back and he shows me how the left back tire has a flat spot on it and no tread... then i tell him about how bad my car rumbles when i drive 65-75mph and he tells me i need to have the tires balanced and i tell him they’ve been balanced and the car rumbles anyway... so they put 2 new tires on the front and move the left front tire to the left back tire... i drive away and the first thing i notice is how smooth the ride is... then i wonder, could this be why the car rumbled for so long? and sure enough, this morning on my way to the refuge, i hit 65 and have a smooth ride! praise God! praise God! praise God! all this time... i have had more trouble with tires this year than in the last 10 years... this is the 4th time this year for tire troubles... i know God allowed me to hit that curb because He was trying to get my attention... that back tire was ready to fall apart any day, but i’m not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed... ... so now i feel like i’m driving a new car! God is sooo good!