--MYSTERIOUS WAYS ~~
--'MORE THAN COINCIDENCE'~~

~~MY TIRES spun in the snow. The car lurched but didn't move. I eased off the gas.
It was official: I was stuck.

Why now? This was supposed to be my last trip before I retired the old car, a Renault Alliance. I was visiting a friend in Maine. I knew her house was around here somewhere, but I'd taken a wrong turn along the way and was now on a desolate, dead-end street. I tried to turn around...and ended up stuck in a snowbank. The sun was setting, and there wasn't a soul in sight.

My mechanic had been urging me to get a new car. But I couldn't bring myself to do it. This car was one of the last things I had left from my father.

Some of the best memories I have of Dad took place in his numerous cars. He typically never spent more than $1,000 on one, so they were constantly breaking down. My father would repair them and repair them until they eventually refused to be revived.

I learned to drive on one of those old clunkers. Dad worked part-time as a driving instructor, so I liked to say that I'd gotten professional lessons. I can't claim I was my father's best student, but I did pass my driving test on the first try. I'll never forget his smile as he handed me the keys and let me take the car for my first solo spin.

This car had actually been the only one that Dad ever bought new, something he'd been so proud of. The day of Dad's funeral, my brother quietly took me aside and told me that he and the rest of my siblings had agreed that I should have it.

Now, stuck in a snowbank somewhere in Maine, I just wanted my dad. He would have known what to do. He always did.

It was getting darker, and I was so tired. With a sigh, I laid my head on the steering wheel.
"Please help me, Lord," I prayed. All around me, the snow continued to fall.

A few minutes passed. Then there was light, sudden and blinding. Headlights coming down the road. A tow truck! My heart sank as the driver passed by without seeing me. But then the truck backed up.

The driver pulled alongside.
"You call for a tow, lady"" the driver shouted.

I hadn't, but I think I know Who did. ~~

--GUIDEPOSTS/MM~~
--"Be Still My Soul"--(In You I Rest//--lyrics) Kari Jobe //<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpC08EPrWLQ>
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