We got back to Virginia on a Saturday night and the following morning was Stake Conference (a special church meeting for our area.)
We woke up and got ready to go and went out to the car 30 minutes before the meeting started. It take less than 10 minutes to get there, so we planned on being early. Well, our car sometimes gets stuck in park. Usually we jiggle the gear shift thinger and smack the dashboard and do all sorts of creative things to get it going. It's worked for us so far. This time nothing was moving it out of park! We were stuck. We tried to call some people but most people were already there and with phones off. So...we decided to walk. I jumped out of my heels and put on some comfy flats. Well 2.3 miles later, we were 45 minutes late to the meeting and had huge blisters. Half way through our walk Steve took his socks off and gave them to me to use.
Cute, right?
But we made it for the 2nd half of the meeting and it was wonderful. We felt the spirit.
As we walked we talked about showing God our willingness to obey. We had prayed that the car would start but told God that we would do what we needed to in order to show him our willingness to obey. I don't know why he didn't just start our car so we could go to conference, but I'm grateful that we got to prove to Him that we want to obey and that we're willing to.
Maybe that sounds cheesy...but it was good lesson for us and in a way a profound experience that maybe we can use to teach our children :)
You're so awesome! I LOVED seeing you when you were here :)
ReplyDeleteYou guys are such awesome examples! in pretty much everything. We look up to you and your sweet family.
ReplyDeleteA sunday or two before Kaje was born, we went out to our car 10 minutes before church started for our 5 minute drive--and we had left the lights on. We don't have our other car to jump it, but we do have a battery charger that will charge it in about 3 hours. Well, like you, nobody was home. The girls hoped on their bikes, and Todd took the two youngest in the stroller. They missed the first 30 minutes of church. And Todd hated how sweaty he was, but they did the best they could. They got a ride home. I, with my high risk pregnancy, listened to old conference talks. I'm sure my doctor would disapprove of a half an hour (I moved slow enough it would have been an hour for me) walk in the heat!!
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