My Super Car!

I still have many people I'd like to write about, but to switch it up a little, I'm going to start writing about the things I am grateful for in no particular order. I am thankful for my automobile. Today, I was at work driving around in circles, and I couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed about the condition of my car. I haven't washed it in a couple of months, and here in Socal, it barely ever rains. In other words, there's about an inch of dust and grime on it. Ok, maybe not an inch, but you get the idea. Plus, it's slightly beat up with dents and scratches here and there. Understandably so!! My car is a 1995 Toyota with 206,555 miles on it's odometer at this moment. My mom bought it in 2001, and it had about 100,000 miles already. Since then, we have driven it everywhere, from Florida to Virginia and Pennsylvania and back, from Pennsylvania to New York City back and forth several times, and ultimately here to California. It has taken me so many places, I often call her, my car, Sandals. The Biblical Israelites wandered for years in the desert, and by Divine Providence, their garments and sandals never were outgrown or worn out. By the Grace of God, my car still runs smoothly here in the desert of Socal, and that has been without the need of any major repairs, besides a few fixed leaks.

My mom would always swear by Toyotas, and I guess she was right!! In LA, everything and place is so spread apart that it is essential to have dependable transportation to work and function efficiently in local society. My car is humble and not by any means a luxury vehicle, but it has been so faithful. Sometimes, when I'm walking toward it at midnight, tired from a 12 hour day's work, the tears begin to well up as look upon it in gratitude and relief as I head out on my usual half hour commute home. I live on the outskirts of the central hub of LA and Hollywood. Without my car, I don't think I would have been able to work the way I have, nor do I know how I could have made it this far. I continue to pray that my car lasts me as long as miraculously possible, or at least until I can buy a new one. For now, I am so happy and fortunate to drive my energizer bunny auto to my daily destinations with independence and reliability!

Thank you Lord and thanks Sandals ;)