my 200 kilometer, car maintenance trip, is complete! i am at home in our cottage, safe and sound ... thank you Lord!!!
what i didn’t share on my blog last night, is that i am an extremely nervous winter driver . . . reason being - 7 car accidents within a short span of time . . . sometimes i was the driver, sometimes i was the passenger, but the scenario was always the same - winter conditions . . .
the last accident was the worst, i totaled the car and went for a doozy of a tumbling ride in the process . . . after that i became extremely skittish regarding highway travel in the winter . . . around town it was fine - but longer road trips were always white knuckle, tension filled, situations . . . it's not that i was afraid to die - i just didn't like the wild rides that car accidents usually gave me!
slowly the Lord has been building my confidence (a new car with traction control and ABS brakes helps!) . . . during today’s drive on icy roads, with extreme wind chill warnings, i found myself wishing i would have taken my camera along ... i admired the bleak frozen landscape (almost moonscape) along the way . . . wisps of snow danced on the highway, hurrying to an unseen rendezvous in the farmers field . . . the little snowbirds swooped down low to the frozen ground only to soar up into the weak winter sunshine . . . i found beauty all around me and completely forgot to fear my #1 enemy, winter driving . . .
it was a good day for overcoming a deep, long held, fear . . .
WA HOO!!! i feel great tonight! oh, the oil got changed too! :o)
4 comments:
Saija - it is a good feeling when we can conquer things we are uncomfortable with. What I really like is that you let your appreciation for the beauty of your surroundings took the front seat and your apprehensive was in the trunk! I am glad you made it there and home safely. Stay Warm! It is 7 Farenheit (-14 C) with a Wind Chill of -5 Farenheit (-21 C) here in the very southern part of Wisconsin... so it must be cold where you are... May you have plenty of logs for the fire.
Praise God for traveling mercies! I'm so glad you made it home safely, Saija.
I'm catching up on my blog reading and am enjoying yours so much. Love and hugs to you, sweet Sister in Christ!
Hi Ann . . . sounds balmy in Wisc!!! :o) it was -44C here this morning, this weekend is another coldsnap, but should warm up on Monday - hope so anyway - and that was a neat word picture about putting my fears in the trunk! i'll keep throwing the logs in the fire - you stay warm too!
Morning Linda . . . it really is wonderful to be able to connect with folks all over the world and in the body of Christ . . . shared experiences help us grow, dontcha think? . . . blessings on your day!
I'm such a nervous winter driver, my family calls me the ultimate weather weenie. The last trip out, I spent most of the time in prayer. God is trying to teach me to relax, to trust. Sometimes I learn and apply the lessons better than others. Hope your learning goes well too!
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