Team Transportation: Thankfulness

Well, it's official!  We are now the proud owners of 2 mini-vans!  We are so incredibly thankful.  It was getting pretty difficult to coordinate transportation arrangements for our team with just a 13 year old Ford Ranger as our backup vehicle.

Our racing Sedonas!  They are 7 years apart in age!

It's a new-to-us Kia Sedona!  While it's not the Nissan NV that we would LOVE to have (evidently there is a law about feeding your children), it was a complete God-thing!  The timing, the price, everything...such a GIFT!

We've been having some problems with our current van for several months and have spent a small fortune trying to get it fixed.  We've had bad parts, bad mechanic, you name it!  It's still not quite right.  But it is paid for!  In fact, we just recently paid it off!  We were so excited!  We had plans for our "freed up" monthly car payment.  It's called vacation, paying off debt! BUT alas all of the car problems!

We really wanted to see how long we could get without having to buy one, but it became clear that our current van was becoming less and less reliable.  Well this deal popped up and we really couldn't pass on it.  We were bummed that our "freed up" money was no longer "free".  While we were sad about that, we quickly remembered how thankful we were!  Thankful that because our other one was paid off, we now had the option to buy.

How many times are we SO focused on what WE want to do with God's blessings that we become frustrated that it doesn't work out the way that WE had planned?  Sometimes just changing our perspective can be a game changer.  Instead of focusing and complaining about what God says no to, we really should really step back to see what he IS saying YES to.

For us, His gift was that our other van was in great working order until we paid it off!  How can we complain that it's having problems now?

My hope is at some point in my life my FIRST thought will be of thanks rather than a complaint.  I won't lie, it's a struggle.  God has proven time and time again, that the greatness of HIS plans far outweigh mine!

Psalm 9

1 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
    I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

What do you need to be thankful for today?  :)

~Kristee