The Blessings of a Nail

Prov 16:9 "A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directh his steps."

Some time ago, we were preparing to take a little trip to visit family. Our intention was to get up early the next morning and be on the road by 5:00 AM or so. The evening before, a friend pointed out that I had a low tire and upon further inspection, we saw there was a nail in the center of the tread. It only made a slow leak and never went flat, so after filling the tire back up, I took my air tank with us on the trip. My original intentions were to go down through the Springfield, MO area, but since we had this tire problem, I decided to go a different route, expecting to find a place to repair the tire along the way. To make a long story short, I ended up driving all the way to our destination - 8 hrs away - with the nail in the tire. But, since we went a different direction, we missed out on the tornado that went right through where we would have gone, at the precise time we would have been there. God knew the storm was coming and directed us around it with the inconvenience of a nail in the tire. It would have been easy to get all upset over having to deal with the situation, but God kept us safe from the winds that blew and kept our tire up all the way. You just can't ask for more than that. We just need to be reminded that God has His reasons for allowing things to happen in life. So, let's just accept them and go merrily on our way, rejoicing in Him.