T: Do you really need all that chazzeri ~ honestly, there are stores in all 50 states. Trust me, Honey!Me: But what if I don't want to stop at a store? What if it is night time? And I am tired and don't want to go shopping? I HATE shopping!
T: Hummm, a woman that hates to shop...Seriously, T, you need to work on that. That may be a pathology outside of my area of expertise...*snicker*SOOOOO, back in August, I had a 2004 Kia Spectra that Bill the Awesome Mechanic at SLOMotive said was okay, but not really long-haul-worthy. I thought I would just look around on the Internet to see what cars were available in San Luis Obispo. Just looking, thinking of getting something bigger so I could haul around still more crap, as T would put so directly. (Yep, that's my T. Direct.)
Okay, so I bought a bigger car - a Volvo. The aquisition of said vehicle was, um, interesting. I like Volvos. Ever since I worked at The Flyer Group, a company that designs and manufactures vehicles for Special Operations Forces, I have luuuuuvvved Volvos. Amit and Oded both had them, so I KNEW they were great cars. And my Oldest Son has had TWO Volvos - both of which he kept until the cars were well over 300,000 miles on the odometers - and sold them both still running.
Back to the story: I looked on the Yahoo Car website (well, I found T on Yahoo in 1998 so I am sure there's other good stuff there!), I looked on the SLO classified, then I started looking on Craigslist. I saw a 2000 Volvo S80. (Did I mention that I LUV Volvos?) So I said to myself: Self, I am just going to look, it is more than I can spend. Then I saw it. OOOHHHH, it was metallic green, in MINT condition, the owner had purchased it brand new, he had kept the maintenance logs for the past ten years and the interior looked JUST LIKE the Lexus that T had tried to get me to take in 2007! 105K miles, so it has another 400K miles left (Volvos are THAT good!). And I drove it.
Then I said to myself: Self, if the owner will take payments until I get the settlement from the estate, I will buy it. And the owner agreed to payments.
Then, there I was sitting at DMV waiting to transfer the title in September, just minding my own business and I realize several things may just be a little more than coincidence:
1. The car is MY favorite car.
2. It is T's favorite color.
3. The interior looks like the interior of the car HE wanted me to drive.
4. The car was FIRST titled on our civil wedding date (11/10/2000).
5. The owner signed the title off using just his first initial -- T instead of his full first name.
Call me crazy if you want, I think it is pretty cool. I think T is looking out for me, just like he promised he would.
Back on topic, I plan to post some of our favorite places in SLO over the next four days. Especially if the rain lets up tomorrow...Hope you enjoy the view!
Neat when the universe come full circle like that..love the new title.
ReplyDeleteIt was meant to be....sometimes I guess we can't question the why things work the way they do.... I love you Tamarah....I will be with you in mind and spirit...I plan on checking in soon....
ReplyDeleteI came across your blog on another widow's blog and it was listed under other widow's blogs. If you are going through grief, I just wanted to encourage you.
ReplyDeleteGod has been the difference in my own life during times of loneliness, heartbreak, and pain. I know too well what it means of not getting encouraged by others and the hurt that comes from that. I've found that only God always offer encouragement and hope, much better than any human can offer. I can only imagine how it feels to be widowed. I have the taste of having an emotional tie broken- I've gotten dumped in the past and it's hurt me so much in the past. The Bible teaches that a sexual relationship (whether marital or premarital) results in the man and woman becoming one body (refer to 1 Corinthians 6:16). I think this bond resonates to the spiritual level of their souls. I believe that even an emotional involvement (without having sex) also creates emotional ties, but probably to a lesser degree than sexual ties (which unites them as one body in a spiritual sense). Our bodies are connected with our inner being (soul, spirit, heart and mind). When our brain forms memories of things we are fond of (people, places, objects, etc.), our bodies long for those things when they are taken away from us. This physical longing resonates to our inner being. It’s all quite complex and mysterious of how our physical body and inner being operate in relation to each other. Rejection and abandonment are all painful things. King Solomon said that everything in this world is vanity, everything is meaningless- a chasing after the wind. Eventually whatever we gain in this world (relationships, success, wealth), we lose them all at some point. There is something you can never lose though- God. God surpasses everything in our lives. Our thirsting for things in this world (especially human relationships) is evidence that we need something greater than those things to satisfy us because everything except God will end up failing you in some way. God has promised us that He will never leave us nor forsake us. God can't die on us and leave us in a state of loneliness. God won't cheat on us, dump us and go off with someone else. Whenever you feel lonely or feel that you're missing something in your life- realize that God wants to fill that void in your life. So many times I've been ignorant about the Bible. We're trained from our birth to live by our senses- thus we look to perceive God with those senses. Most of the time, we can't perceive God with our senses as He is a spiritual being. God has wanted me to develop my spiritual senses and rely on His word (the Bible) to experience Him. I've learned to always see God's word as alive, powerful, and relevant for each day. When I've failed to see that in the past, it's robbed me so much joy and peace. I've learned to look at the Bible as a powerful and active gateway/portal to God. We can try to occupy our minds with so many different things in this world to try and fill the void in our lives or suppress the pain, but all of those things will keep us still hungry and thirsty. God has promised us that if we reach out to Him, He will give us rest, quench our thirst, and satisfy our hunger. If you haven't done that, I hope you will give God a chance. 1 Corinthians 6:17 states that the one who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. I think human relationships bond us in a powerful way (which is complex to understand), however, the Bible says that we can also be joined to God through our spirit (inner being), which I believe is even more powerful as God is the ultimate partner. God is an invisible Spirit who doesn’t have a physical body like we have. We have both a physical (the visible physical body) and spiritual component (invisible spiritual inner being). Hence, we need to seek out God with our spirit and be joined to Him as one spirit.
I further hope that God will use you to go and reach others with His word, just like He has used me to reach out to you. Many people in this world are hurting just like you. Many are just looking for a simple act of kindness or a word of encouragement (words are powerful- they can heal and motivate or when used in an evil manner destroy others) which they don't receive from others. Ultimately, many even end their own lives because they feel hopeless and want to end their pain of torment- all because they've failed to see God was nearby all along and they failed to perceive Him with their spiritual senses. God loves you more than any human in this world! He wants to be your companion today and take care of you and your family's needs. I hope you see and explore His love for you today through the Bible- the Bible is the secret source for unraveling peace and joy for you when you can't find them in this world. I can't give you physical copy of the Bible right now, but you can freely access it online at (www.biblegateway.com). May God bless you, heal you and strengthen you and your family. Continue to write and help others for His glory. Claim God's promises to you from His word today. Humans will likely fail to encourage you when you really need it, however, God won't fail. All you need to do is turn to His word. It is available 24/7 whenever you need it- to experience God.
ReplyDeletePlease read these verses when you get the chance- Isaiah 55:11-13; Jeremiah 49:11; Psalm 146:9; Psalm 68:5; Revelation 21:1-7; Jeremiah 17:5-8; Isaiah 2:22; 1 Corinthians 7:29-35, John 4:10-15, and John 7:37-39).
If you accept God's way of salvation through Jesus Christ, you will have a future hope because a new earth and new heavens will be created. God will make us new also. All pain, sorrow, and death will be gone in the new world that is to come. You will forget the sorrow of your widowhood in that new world.
Isaiah 54:4-6 (NLT):
"Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. Don't be afraid; there is no more disgrace for you. You will no longer remember the shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood. For your Creator will be your husband;
the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is his name!
He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,
the God of all the earth.
6 For the Lord has called you back from your grief—
as though you were a young wife abandoned by her husband,”
says your God.
Isaiah 65:17 (GW):
I will create a new heaven and a new earth.
Past things will not be remembered.
They will not come to mind.
Revelation 21:1-4 (NLT):
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. 2 And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. 4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”