Last week my husband purchased a used truck for our son in Nashville TN. They are starting a business there and needed a truck to haul audio equipment. The truck was here in Indiana, Franklin to be exact. So once it was purchased my son made arrangements for a friend to bring him to Indiana from Tennessee to drive the truck back. His friend picked him up on Saturday morning and he arrived here late Saturday afternoon to pick up the truck. We met him on the south side of town and drove to the location of the truck, which was parked on the lot of an auto repair business.
The truck started right up but since it had been sitting in a grassy area for two months it would not move. My son let the truck warm up but still it would not move. Between the deep snow and the ice the wheels were mired down and he could not get the truck moved onto the pavement. Time was passing, it was dark and we were getting frustrated. My husband called two tow truck operators to move the truck off the grass but neither would come and help.
I suggested to my son that we go home and he try again the next day, when it was daylight. He could not do that since he was scheduled to work at two major events in Nashville the next day. Since it was getting late and we had not had dinner my husband and I decided to drive down the McDonalds and get something to eat. When we were sitting at the table he looked down and saw a penny on the floor, face up. Now my husband always picks up face-up pennies believing they are lucky. At the same time the penny reminded me that we needed a miracle to get out of this situation. So I said a quick prayer asking God for a miracle that would solve our problem.
As we were driving back to the lot where the truck was parked the snow was starting to fall. When we approached the lot we saw that a tow truck was there dropping off a car. My husband walked over the the driver and asked if he would pull the truck off the grass/snow/ice into the lot so we could get it going. He checked with his dispatcher and said he would do it. It was a AAA tow truck so my husband gave him our card and number so he could turn it in for reimbursement.
He pulled the truck out of the ice, it took maybe 5 minutes total. It was not much to him but to us he was an angel in a red tow truck who turned our night from a disaster to a victory!
Was it the lucky penny? Was it a miracle from God? In thinking about this after all was done and we all got to our respective homes I am convinced that God sent us a miracle that night on a snowy lot. Maybe lucky things, such as the penny, help us to remember that with God miracles can happen when all seems to be lost and our lives seem darkest.
So I am grateful that God answers prayer and sends us those answers in the most unlikely ways. For us it was the angel in the red tow truck on a Saturday night. For others it may be an answer to prayer in other unlikely ways.
How have you experienced miracles in your life?
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