"The LORD will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; the LORD will watch over your coming and going both now and forevermore.” Psalm 121:7,8

The Lord has an interesting way of solving one problem with another. Yesterday while mowing with my tractor, I got too close to the edge of the path and the front wheels got stuck. No matter what I did, i could not get it out. So today, after the rain stopped, I tried again, but to no avail. And in the process,the exhaust pipe fell off (not surprising for a 50 year old tractor), so I put it in my van and went home.

In the afternoon we went shopping, and as I pulled out of the Aldi parking lot in our 19 year old van, I heard a scrapping noise. I hopped out and looked underneath. The muffler had fallen off the exhaust pipe and was dragging on the road! It was either an “Oh no!” moment or a “Thank you, Lord!” one. I chose the latter.

In this happening God was at work. First this happened when i was going 5 miles  an hour, not 45 when it could have done some real damage. Also the spot where it happened was safe for me  to work on it. Now I needed something to tie up  the muffler, and looking it the van saw the muffler from my tractor with a length of wire on it! This was just enough to tie up the muffler and get us home!

So my tractor problem gave a way to help in my van problem! A double God sighting! He certainly does watch over our going out and coming in.

Picture: Hanging muffler and the wire that saved the day.