It has been spring break in our area this week. One granddaughter, Mary Kathryn, has been in Chicago on a mission trip with 178 other youth from our church. We have communicated with her every day and she has had a wonderful time sharing the gospel and praying with others.

I have been reading "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young as one of my devotions this year. I love how the Lord has spoken through her to me. This week Faith was out very late coming home by herself. Anxiety began to build and I felt myself almost in panic mode. I sat down to read from "Jesus Calling" and found these words for the day: "This is a time in your life when you must learn to let go of loved ones..... In order to let go of something that is precious to you, you need to rest in My Presence...."

Well, Faith is very precious to me as we have raised those two granddaughters as if they were our daughters and I am finding it harder to let go of her than it was for her mother. But, as happens so many times God had put the right words in front of me at the right time. I recommitted her to HIM and began to relax in his presence. God is so good. She made it home safely and hopefully I can remember that He will never let go of my hand and that our grandchildren and children are safe in HIS arms.

Well, God has done it again! He has such a way of taking our trials and turning them into something good. Our granddaughter will turn 20 in a few days. (Doesn't seem possible!) She has been driving her grandmother's 1997 Lumina since she was 16. She never complained that most of the other girls at college had cute newer cars to drive. Always a grateful child she thanked the Lord everyday for a car to get her back and forth to school (about 3 hrs. each way). There had been some problems with it but they always happened when she was home on the weekend and her granddaddy could help with it.

Last Wednesday night she called crying because her car had quit and all the lights were flashing at her. It was out of oil and when she put in extra it flowed out. Her uncle went down the next day and brought it back on a trailer. He discovered the oil filter had come loose and there was water in the oil and oil in the water. Not a very good position for a car with that many miles on it.

We all began to pray not knowing how she would get back to college on Monday. Well, God in His mysterious ways had seen to it that her dad was in Jonesboro that weekend. They had talked about another car for her in times past but never felt he could do it. This Saturday he picked her up and they went 'lookin'. About five hours later she called and said her dad had bought her a car. A much newer one than she had been driving and very few miles on it. Today we took her to get the insurance changed (ouch!) and she was soon headed back to school.

That may sound small to many but to our family it was a God thing. Only He could have put everyone and everything in place to make it possible for her to have a beautiful almost new vehicle to drive. We all give God the glory for ministering to Faith in this wonderful way. Faith was faithful to wait upon the Lord and He is always faithful to us!!