God Sighting

Friday, February 03, 2006

On Tuesday morning I was running late for work. I had heard people coming in and out quite a bit but didn't think anything of it. When I finally got outside to go to my car, my downstairs neighbor was at her car. (This isn't crazy neighbor. She's new to the building. A single mom with two little girls.)

Amy's car wasn't starting. She asked if I had jumper cables which of course I didn't. I ran upstairs to get Josh and he didn't have any either. She didn't know who to call or what to do. I decided to run up to work and get some jumper cables because I knew there had to be a pair up there. I was able to borrow a pair from a co-worker that was just getting to work. I headed back and Josh hooked it up.

While he was hooking it up, I was talking to her. Amy was late for class at the community college. She said how she wished she had just finished it when she started but now she's so close. Josh jumped the car but it still wasn't starting. He looked under the hood and said he didn't think it was her battery. He suggested possibly her alternator. I thought Amy was going to cry. She said, "Are you serious? I am so broke right now." It was heart-wrenching. I gave her the name of our local garage and said they'd take care of her car. I wanted to do something for her but what... I finally got to work and within five minutes Josh called to ask if we could give her any money. Unfortunately we didn't have any money to give... So I prayed that someway we could do something for her.

Fast forward to yesterday...Josh talked to Amy. She said that the garage came out and got her car. They got it there and GET THIS...it's started. Not only did it start but everything checked out with they looked it over. Josh told me that I just said, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" That, my friends, is what my mom would call a "God Sighting".

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posted by kimberly, 7:53 AM