ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD

The Evidence

Recently, my family and I went to Red Lobster to celebrate my son’s birthday. We were looking forward to a relaxing meal and planned on being there for a while. We prayed before leaving the house that God would put his angel of protection to keep us safe on the road.

While in the restaurant, to our dismay, someone sat in the booth behind us with what can only be described as a major case of respiratory affliction. He was seated by himself and kept coughing, wheezing, hacking. It was most unpleasant to listen to. Since the beginning of Covid, I have been very wary of such occurrences and lost my appetite and the desire to remain in the restaurant.

I called the waiter, asked for carry-out containers, paid the check and we started heading out. I was very disappointed that our evening had not turned out the way I had anticipated. When we got in the car, it indicated that a tire was losing air. We did not panic, because my daughter said her BMW had run-flat tires. In other words, the tire can be driven for quite some time with a flat.

We pulled into a gas station and went to the air pump. We saw the problem, a large nail in the tire. Thinking we had run-flat tires, we drove home. We made the decision not to put the car in the garage to facilitate the possibility of it being towed (turned out to be a wise decision).

In doing research on the vehicle, we found out that because it was an electric vehicle that weighed more than normal, it did not have run-flat tires. It did not even have a donut or a spare. In other words, if you are unable to drive the vehicle because of a flat, you are officially stranded.  

We realized that the gentleman who did all that coughing and hacking had done us a favor. Had we stayed longer in the restaurant, the tire would have lost more air, and the car could have been inoperable.

This story reconfirms that it is a good idea to say “bless you” when someone sneezes 😊