He Gives and Takes Away

As many of you know, we've been praying about a new family vehicle. The van we were driving was not roadworthy yet we continued to drive it out of necessity - only on local streets - never the highway.

Recently one of our supporters sent us a generous check towards a more reliable (and safe!) vehicle. Just a day or two later Masterworks received a van as a donation, which was perfect for our family. Masterworks was gracious to sell it to us for very near the amount we had recieved. Yay!

Three days after buying the new van, I was rejoicing in the fact that we now had 2 vehicles. We were living high on the hog! (It mattered little to me that one was running on prayer alone.) I had driven the old van on an errand and upon my return noticed that all of the parking spaces behind the house were taken. So, I snuggled the van up close to the side of house in order that others could still come and go.

Last Sunday, after two days of above freezing weather, a loud crashing sound resonated outside the house. This is what we discovered:

A huge icycle had broken loose from the roof and landed on the roof and windshield! Jim laughed and said that God had put "the last nail in the coffin" virtually eliminating any more traveling about in that death trap!

After recovering from the shock we can say with Job, "The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised."