I love the way God works things out. We needed a new bigger vehicle, and we didn't want a van. Old people drive vans. Besides I wanted 4x4 and towing. Through my research I decided to go for a jeep. Jeeps are tough. I looked and looked. Worried, fretted, and looked. The faithful old Grand Prix is beginning to sigh with age and it has just rolled over 300,000 miles. The tires up front are beginning to wear really funny. It is beginning to run rough on cold mornings, and the power windows are dying one by one.Such is the state of affairs with it. Oh, and we just had a baby and needed something much more reliable and a little more roomy. I actually lost some sleep over it. I would find a deal only to have it taken away at the last minute. By the way why do we do this to ourselves? Anyway last night I found an older Jeep with only 126,000 miles on craiglist, and it felt right. Still I could not help myself but look at a newer one today before I finally went and got this one. (Stupid me)
It was a young man and his wife just like us. They were church going people with three children. I looked at the vehicle for about 15 min and decided it would stupid to leave with out it. When I shook his hand and told him my prayers had been answered, he indicated he felt the same way. Lo and behold he had been laying awake at night wishing it would sell. In retrospect I realize why all those other deals fell through and the cool part is we have money left in savings. God knows what He is doing even if we don't. He not only answered my prayers but answered the prayers of another in the process. Isn't that cool?!?!
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| I haven't found any rust on the paint. |
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| .... Or Scratches for that matter. |
Anyway till later
Clark
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Wow! We're matchy matchy! Okay, whatever, not quite. Sorta though! Proud of you for picking a Jeep. :) Neat story, God is good. -Frank
ReplyDeleteK Clark, I rest my case. Sure like my van though, and would recommend it to anyone. I like answered prayer situations like this one.
ReplyDeleteThanks Clark...a lot! i was actually just recently debating the idea that maybe i should find some kinda mini van to haul my friends and sign stuff on occasion! ha! :-) i hope i don't classify as 'OLD'! ;-) anyway just had to say that....hee hee! Nice story though..almost gave me goose bumps!
ReplyDeleteClark, your walk with God is inspiring, and increases my faith. Thanks for sharing. ~ amy b.
ReplyDeleteNice Clark. So is this a 5.2?
ReplyDelete~GB
Its the i6 Gabe. The v8 reviews scared me. By the way I found a slight dent about an inch in dia and a rust spot the size of a pin head.
ReplyDeleteClark
Oh, good. About the motor that is. Glad to hear you found something good. ~GB
ReplyDeleteP.S. You should always look it over carefully before you buy it, but after you buy it you should put on the rose colored glasses and quit looking for things like dents and rust.
Actually you are right Gabe and I really am thankful for the jeep.
DeleteI was thinking, "Oh, yeah, Clark was saying he was going to be looking at that jeep around 4:30." So I prayed something like, "Okay God, here's this young couple and they need a jeep for their family. Could you work something out?" Seconds later the phone rang and Clark said, "I bought it!" Thankful it all worked out for you.
ReplyDeleteI NEEDED a newer and bigger vehicle and I WANTED to do it with a jeep. Just thought I would clear that up. :)
DeleteIsn't it neat that these couples get to have two sets of people who care about these things and pray? Praise the Lord.
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