A few weeks ago we were driving home from western Oklahoma. It had been a stressful week and a stressful day, having driven four hours to Kingfisher, Oklahoma, and now we were beginning the four-hour drive home.
Our trip took us through a small town with a large Catholic
Church and school. As we drove through town I observed the signs and traffic. I
noticed the sign for the Trinity Catholic Church. I saw the buildings and the
driveways. As we passed a gated driveway that led to the campus I casually
glanced up the entrance and saw that it ended at a garage and my mind quickly
noted its three garage doors.
Trinity Catholic Church has a three-car garage! What began
as a simple observation suddenly took hold of my attention. Then I thought what
would Jesus drive? Apparently the answer is behind door number two. I began to
laugh. It was not just any laugh. I laughed so hard that Joyce and Carra began
to laugh too. They were laughing at me because I was laughing so hard I could
barely tell them why.
The relief of that moment was like a cool drink of ice-cold
lemonade after mowing the lawn or a nap in the middle of a hard day. It was a
release that brought us relief from the stress of the day. There would still be
more stress to handle throughout that week but for the moment there was this
reminder of God’s love and His supreme sense of humor.
Proverbs 17:22 says, “A joyful heart is good medicine.”
Sometimes it is the best medicine.
I have tried to share this story several times since then
and most people smile politely. It will never be as funny, even to me, as it
was at the time. That’s ok. God gave me a good laugh at a time when I really
needed one. He loves us like that.
Bro. Robin
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