I am a sinner... "1 John 1:8"
While I was in Fresno visiting my father in-law this lady approached my husband and I as we were leaving a store and asked for some help with her car. We weren't sure what to expect but we agreed anyway because we have a bunch of tools in our car and my husband is getting pretty good at working on cars. Well the part she needed was a special order part and she was trying to get to Visalia, Ca. She couldn't wait for the part. We called every auto parts store in the city but they were all closed by this time or said the part was special order for them too. After a bit one of the workers came out from the store and said he had a car just like the one that was broken down at his house and he was parting it out. He said for 15$ we could take the part off the car ourselves. So we went over to this person's house and when we get there we see the front end of the car was smashed and that's why he is parting it out. Unfortunately the part we needed off the car was blocked by other things. It took my husband 2 and 1/2 grueling hours of working on this car to reach that part and by the time he reached it he discovered that it was in worse shape then the one on this lady's car. The lady followed us to my father in-law's house and my husband and his dad worked to temporarily fix the piece so they could make it to where they needed to go and then order the part there which took them a good hour or so to do. This woman was so upset and feeling like a failure as a mother because she got stranded with her son. I spent my time trying to reassure her that these things happen and that God will handle all of it. She cried on my shoulder for a bit from how upset she was and I just tried my best to comfort her. I prayed for her and her family that she would relax and feel calm and peaceful.
I felt wonderful for being able to help these people out and I knew it was of God that this happened. Giving our time like this was wonderful. Even though it took a lot of blood, sweat and pain for my husband to do what he did, he stuck through it without giving up on these people. It was amazing that we saw this all the way through and that the person was so grateful for Us to help her. She had had a beer bottle thrown at her by a person she had previously asked for help and then we came along and did all that. I believe all the glory is for God for doing what he did and helping out so many people because we learned a lot during those hours. I feel blessed to be used a vessel for God's work when I feel so unworthy of it all!
... Saved by God's grace "Acts 15:11"
