Hub Cap Part 3

Okay......so I know that I am being a bit ridiculous with the Hub Cap....If you know me, you know that I can be a bit.... (How shall I say it?)....CRAZY sometimes......but when God speaks sometimes its in crazy ways... My worship leader at church, Julie Stribling (who by the way is a great woman of God who understands that God speaks through real life things) made a good point to me last night....She said back in the Bible days God used ordinary, everyday things to speak to people as well....For example....a bush, a stone, a water pot, a donkey.....its not that all of those things literally carried the voice of God, but God used those things to help people hear what He had to say.....He knows that sometimes He has got to bring things WAYYYYYY down here to our level.......so this week He has brought it way down to a hub cap on the side of 176!!!!!!

Yesterday after I left school, I convinced Mandie to go with me to get the hub cap....I must admit I went to get it because I thought it would be hysterical and totally random to get it and post a picture on here.......That proves what I said earlier...sometimes I am crazy like that......Anyway.......When I went to pick the thing up, It was very banged up, lots of dirt and tire crud, even some tar had accumulated on it from 2 days alongside of the road......As I picked up I was just reminded of this...

I was once lost and abandoned on the "side of the road".... I was dirty, nasty, sinful....I was banged up and beaten by my mistakes and my regrets..I seemed to have no meaning, just bouncing aimlessly across the highway of life......But one day Jesus came by.....He picked me up......He found me lovable...... He made me a part of His family... He adopted me.... He cleaned me off..... Yes there are still scars, but the crevices of the scars are now filled with forgiveness that came with His blood.........

hmm...I must admit I had a bit of a moment right there and in the car afterwards...not to mention the catastrophic tearful meltdown I had as I explained it the praise band last night....Thanks guys for letting me be free to worship Him for His goodness........

I don't know why God chose to speak to me through this "hub cap" I know its random, I know its silly, some of you may even go as far to think it is stupid and weird.I know it doesn't make rational sense...but....God uses the simple to confound the wise!!!!!

I challenge you all, as I challenge myself, to be open to hearing God everyday. It won't always be a big booming voice, with lightning flashes, and my friend Mandie's neon sign that she wants, but it may just be that He reminds you of His word and His faithfulness and His plan for you through a dented, messed up hub cap on the side of the road!!!!