The Fender Bender

I will just put this right out there: I was at fault in this fender bender

I was on a main road that had been detoured to a teeny road because of a local fest, and the cars were packed up on either side of me, I was thinking I had narrowly missed scrapping this one parked car when I actually heard a scrape...ew...not good. So instead of stopping and causing a major back up on the detour road that was already jam packed, I thought I would drive up to a clear spot where I could pull over, park and walk back...well…thirty minutes later...when I returned after going on a little Heidi detour, the car was gone. So I went into the store the car had been parked in front of, I attempted to communicate with the older German woman who spoke no english and finally we just decided to call the polizei...everything worked out with them, they took down my info and told me they had received no reports and would call me if anyone reported it. Then the military police showed up and said they would have to charge me with a hit and run...but thankfully we got that worked out and I wasn't charged with a hit and run. In the middle of all this, I called Paul crying and asking him what in the world I'm supposed to do in a foreign country fender-bender, and of course he was very calm and patient and compassionate towards me even when I was crying and telling him how badly I needed him here with me. Later I called him back and apologized for being inconsiderate of his circumstances and thanked him for his loving help.

So if my lesson in trusting the Lord was a pass or fail, I'd have to say I failed; but I hope to never walk out of a situation like the one above without having a growth spurt. Some of the things I learned from this incident were, no amount of crying or asking 'why' makes the problem go away...this can actually make things more difficult and take longer. So next time I'm in a fender bender on a crowded street in front of a shop, I've got to stay calm, stop the car and trust. :) Sounds so easy...Lord give me the strength to trust.

Psalm 73:26 My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever