Windshield Defroster

God is the greatest comedian of my life - allow me to tell you my story.

My brother's first car was a 1986 Red Camaro - a year older than me (which of course I pointed out to my big brother, smile.)  He loved it, paid for it cash, and drove it with pride - it had a few cosmetic issues, but nothing major.  I, as his little sister, would tag along whenever he would allow it.  The car was great! Except for one thing - the defroster really didn't work.  I still remember the comical look of him driving in the rain and us wiping down the inside of the windshiled with our sweatshirt sleeves.  Visibility in that car was . . . low at best.

Pan about 4 years later, I was at Southeastern University, my third year, driving a little white Acura Integra (which was my car untill a few months ago!) I remember driving in many a rain storm in that car, the defroster worked great! Except . . . you had to have it on full blast for it to completely clear the windshield and it had to be on the AC setting . . . it was enough to give you a cold.  Visibility in that car was ok, given you were ok with being frozen through.

Today, I was driving in my car (which is new, it's an Infiniti) - it was drizzling out and the smallest cloud of fog developed on the lower part of my windshield.  It really wasn't enough to ruin my vision or anything it was just enough to notice.  I turned on the defroster and immediately the small little puff of fog was gone from my windshield.  Just like that! It's crazy because before I put on the defroster I thought, "wow, it's really not that bad, I probably don't even need to put on the defroster, I can see fine" and then when I put on the defroster, I noticed how clearly I could see and how blurry it really was before.  Visibility was excellent.

God gave me this while I was driving - how many times in my life have I not been able to see the end result of what God had planned for me? How many times have there been changes or road blocks and I just couldn't see His Hand in it.  Or when there have been small, seemingly insignificant shifts in my life and they have changed things forever? All I can say is to trust His vision - no matter what your own visibility is - low, ok, or excellent, because ultimately, He is the One who sees all and has your future in His capable Hands.

I'm there right now - as I have mentioned - the winds of change are blowing hard, just hard enough for my vision to be blurred.  Things are not completely in my control (not that they ever really are) and it's uncomfortable.  So today, take a moment to allow yourself to find a Jesus moment . . . He's always there, waiting for you to recognize Him.