Vehicle blessings

Goldilocks

We said good-bye to our family vehicle last night.  It's the car we brought Adalynn home from the hospital in and served us well for many years.  As we began the process of looking for a mini van, we asked God to make it smooth and easy.  Boy, did He!!  I'll tell you about the mini van below, which we actually bought before we sold "Goldilocks," the Lexus!  We asked the Holy Spirit to guide us throughout this process.  

Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord of hosts.” Zechariah 4:6

Gregg spent several hours fixing up Goldilocks and took some photos.  I posted them on Facebook and within an hour we had 2 people seriously interested and 2 others inquiring.  Wow!  The first couldn't take the cash out of their account without a penalty, so they wanted to wait.  The second was the son of our neighbor down the street.  He'd been looking for this exact vehicle and was ready to buy!  He lives in Athens with his wife and 2 year old daughter.  I think we got the car when Zeke was about 2!  He sent his mom over to look at it the next day, and after she drove it and they spoke, he was committed to buy.  He wired her the money and she came by to get it that evening!  It's being driven up to him right now by his mom.  What a blessing for his family and us!!

Red Fox

When we began to pray about whether we should pursue buying a mini van, Gregg said it will have to be a God deal because he didn't have time to research and go look at a lot of vehicles.  Again, God blessed us big time!  

I had mentioned it to a friend at church and she said her parents were getting ready to sell their van.  We knew we'd desire a Toyota Sienna, but weren't sure if it would work out financially.  This friend said her parents van was a 2011 burgundy Toyota Sienna with about 44,000 miles on it.  We'd seen it in the parking lot at church (her parents go to our church too) and knew it was well maintained.  We reached out to them and were able to see it and drive it the following Sunday.  They told us it was a 4-cylinder, but Gregg really would have preferred a V-6.  We continued to ask God for confirmation.  The couple brought it over to see if it would fit in our garage and it did.  That evening, they called us and said they'd been looking through their paperwork and it WAS a V-6!  He also had a transferable warranty that would last us until next April.  

Gregg sought wise counsel from a fellow brother in Christ (who studied financial advising), and they agreed the price was fair.

Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. (Proverbs 15:22)

We felt God had confirmed that we should buy it, so we began the process and were able to go over to their house and sign the papers within a day or so.  We all went together the following Monday and registered it at our local court house.  No stress...just blessings and time together as a family.  Oh, and Gregg appropriately named it, "Red Fox!"

We are incredibly grateful that God cares about the details of our lives.  For so many years, we went about life making decisions about what we thought was best.  There is such freedom in surrendering our plans to God and seeking Him every step of the way...big and small!

“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord and whose trust is the Lord. For he will be like a tree planted by the water, that extends its roots by a stream and will not fear when the heat comes; but its leaves will be green, and it will not be anxious in a year of drought nor cease to yield fruit” 

(Jeremiah 17:7-8)

It was a little bright, so Adalynn's eyes are closed!

So much room!!

Lily Faith's car seat is next to Adalynn.  We're all set and just waiting for her arrival.  We can't wait to meet her and see who God has knitted her together to be!  We'll keep you posted and covet your prayers for a safe, rapid, non-medicated, natural delivery!!  Blessings to you all!!