Favor and Freon

It is mid-June and it’s 99 degrees outside! My husband asked me to drive his car the next few days and get the annual inspection done so that the license tag can be purchased for the vehicle. I agreed, but with a not so cheerful spirit…you see, the car’s air conditioning has not been working. My husband is much more tolerant of that fact than I am; even though he drives approximately 35 miles to and from work each day. He just puts all four windows down and opens his sun roof in the evenings for the drive home. I’ve suggested to him several times that he should go ahead and get this fixed as he doesn’t need to drive around in this heat. His response is always, “awww, it’s not so bad.”

We have a little motto that we use quite often in or about different situations, and it is “the Lord’s favor.” We don’t account it to luck, coincidence or karma….it truly is the Lord’s favor being poured out for us. Well, my husband had a little of that favor this week; having decided that he’d at least get some Freon for the air conditioner, which would temporarily provide some cooler air, he made a stop at the local auto parts store. He was really thinking of me and wanting to ensure that I would be comfortable driving his car. What he found was the price of the Freon was a bit steep. While he was mulling this over, a gentleman nearby quietly told him that the Freon could be found at Aldi grocery store for about half the price in the auto parts store. Thanking him, my better half hopped into his very warm car and drove over to Aldi, purchased several cans of Freon and came home grinning ear to ear over his favor from the Lord.

After dinner, as he was filling the air conditioner with the Freon I was reminded of the following scripture from 1 Thessalonians 5:18 that says, “In every thing give thanks: for it is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” I am giving thanks, even for Freon!

Our Heavenly Father is concerned with your every need. Too often we forget that He wants us to come to Him with even the most trivial of requests.

O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good:

For His mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 107:1