Thursday night our Honda was stolen right from our car port. The sheriff who came the next morning was friendly, but frank: we'll never see it again. The neighborhood association took a statement, and is appropriately concerned. It's the second car theft that we know of here.
We feel a little sad, but also very grateful that God provided a donated a Dodge Caravan to my non-profit (See the Light, Be the Light) in January. For a few weeks we enjoyed being a two car family, although the van was in the shop a good bit of that time. It seems to run well for the time being.
The little Honda had nearly two hundred thousand miles, but ran really well. We bought it used less than a year ago when our old Ford Aerostar developed a crack in the engine block and went to Junque for Jesus.
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. The reminders of sin are all around, and we are not exempt from its ravages. We pray for the thieves, whose lives will not be enriched by what they covet. Blessed be the name of the Lord!
I'm sorry to see it go too, but I'm encouraged to see you rejoicing. I'm challenged by God work in your life by the way you have loose attachments to the things of this world.
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