Just one of those days...

Do you ever just have “one of those days?” No matter what you do, nothing seems to work out. You try everything you can think of, and then just fail at your goal.

Yesterday was like that for me. I started early and picked up a friend to hit several shops to get the kinks worked out of my car. Such as, one sun visor and a side panel covering are missing. A month ago, I took the car to a mechanic to fix one window. He was successful in that but somehow disabled the driver side control for all the windows. So, things like this, I wanted to take care of before I tried to sell my car.

And I had a deadline. The day before when Luis and I researched cars to buy, we met a lady who was more than eager to help sell my car (for an extremely low commission). We had stopped by more out of interest than to actually buy—her company was advertising an Expedition for $14,000 and a Ford F250 for $12,000. My budget is looking quite a bit smaller than those, but I thought—hey, why not? I now know that God was leading us to this place. Come to find out, the two cars belong to a missionary who came in 1998 and is looking to go back home to the States. So, he might be willing to part with one for a much lower price. But, this isn’t the best part. She said she had two different clients who were looking for a Trooper (my car). She called, and one guy wanted to meet that day. I replied that I needed at least a day to get the car together.

So, from 7am to 2pm, I ran around all over creation. And I accomplished nothing except a car wash. No one has the parts for Isuzu and what they do have is expensive. For example, a junkyard charged me $1.50 for a sun visor. When I called the only place in town with Isuzu parts, they said it would be $40 for one new sun visor. Yikes!

So, I just prayed and asked God to sell the car if He wanted to. I wasn’t too worried—it was after all, my first day to try to sell it. I have heard different numbers all around the same figure. So, I had a number in mind and the lady had already told that to the guys looking to buy the car. However, right before I met with the gentlemen to show the car, I had a meeting with a mechanic/car salesman to see some cars at his lot. He said that my car was worth more than I thought and that I should raise the price once the things were fixed. So, when I met with the men…

I sold my car. I sold my car. I sold my car.

I am still dumbfounded. I got exactly what I asked for it. The funny thing is, if I had accomplished the things I had set out to do, I would have spent my money with the original price in mind—which means I would have lost money. So, when I had “just one of those days,” it was God taking care of my financial needs.

So, my car is sold. I saved the headache and money of trying to find the parts and fix the window controls. I didn’t have to meet with lots of people and go through the hassle of advertising my car. I have money in the bank to purchase a more common brand. One of those days turned into a great answer to prayer. Thank you to all of you who have been lifting me up to our Father in Heaven.

I hope you have “just one of those days”!