Give & Take

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

Believe it or not, I am finally having my car fixed. Woohooo!

A lot has been learned from this experience. I was pondering that last days of my car before it broke down. I remember I had to go back and forth from my apartment to campus, because I kept forgetting stuff. I was really annoyed. After about the fifth time of getting in my car, I was crying. I know, I know! You're thinking wow, drama queen! Overreact much?! Truth is, you're correct. Not only am I a drama queen, I was totally overreacting.

[In my defense; however, this was during finals week (a week in the semester when a college students stress levels are at their peak & hits an all time high). I cannot remember exactly but I am pretty sure I was PMS-ing or menstruating at that time as well (go figure!); so I was definitely cramping while my hormones were jumping all over the place, making me really moody. And most of all, I had not slept at all the past 48-72 hours. Literally, NO SLEEP! I was sooo extremely tired and I wanted nothing more than to sleep in my heavenly bed with no disruptions or disturbances of any kind for the weekend. And yet, I could not because there where very important documents I had to have submitted no later than mid to late afternoon. I spent much of the morning and early afternoon going over my documents, finalizing them and what not. After going to campus multiple times to turn in the various documents, I came home to see an important attachment that belonged with one or the other of the documents that I just submitted, which I probably forgot because I was SO EXTREMELY stressed, sleep deprived, and out of kilter. And on a side note, I don't like driving very much. So that fact that I had to keep getting into my car and drive back and forth to campus on account of my own stupidity or forgetfulness when all I wanted to do was sleep, put the frosting on the cake.
So, Yes I was way overreacting but with good reason.
ALSO- I couldn't sleep after submitting my school work because I then had to drive an hour to pick my little brother up from his dorm room to visit home for the weekend. LUCKILY, he was able to drive home. So, I slept in the car on the way home, and then some more once I arrived home.]

Anyway- let's not get too off track from the moral of the story.
I was crying and screaming in my car about how much I don't like driving, how tired I was, how all I wanted to do was sleep, why does this crap happen to me, BLAH BLAH BLAH!
(*Big mistake on my part*)

You know what?... God was listening to me and said, "Okay I'll take care of this." And he did, by allowing my car to break down on winter holiday. While I was waiting for triple A, God was saying, "There. Problem solved, that takes care of that! You don't like driving so much, so now you don't have to."

The bible says, "ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you." Matt 7:7.
I asked for a car, and God gave me a car.
I bitched about my car and driving my car, and God took it away from me. (Not literally, since I still have my car but he took away the ability for it to be driven.)
So, after suffering the consequences by having to take the city bus, mooch rides from family and friends, and miss out on some fun activities & events because I had limited transportation, I have learned some valuable lessons!
And now God is answering my prayers and providing me with the ability to have my car fixed and working once again. And I am sooo excited.

Let me tell you- I will never be ungrateful for my blessings, no matter how big or how small, ever again! Even my troubles. Because I think our troubles are blessings in disguise. Yea?

I will praise God when I rise in the morning, all day long; in all I do.

Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.