God is so AMAZING!

Okay so most of you know that I moved to Taos, NM to help take care of my Aunt, and on my way back I brought my brother David along. Taos has been wonderful for him he has stopped drinking, he is getting the medical help that he needs and he and my Aunt get along great. As for myself, I had thought that this was where the Lord wanted me to be serving Him, so when me and my Aunt's personalities clashed I was asking God are you sure this is were you want me? Notice I started the sentence with "myself", yes I let myself get caught up in the "what about me?" of it all. I had forgot I was there to do the Lord's work and not mine. I forgot His Word; "But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior, slander, and dirty language. Don't lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds. Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like him… Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others." Colossians 3:8-10, 12-13

So I reacted to her words in my flesh and was not quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. I got caught up in trying to prove myself right and forgot to be God's witness and show her the love of Jesus, to which I am heartily sorry to her for and also to God, who I fell to my knees to ask His forgiveness. I felt that I had failed Him and that I was not listening to Him. So last week I left New Mexico and drove to Oregon and you all know how bad the weather was, I needed to leave and didn't really think about the weather. As I was leaving Reno to cross over into California the road sort of jig jags through town and before you know it I was on Highway 89 headed to MT Shasta (which is the direction I needed to go of course) but, thought I would be able to fill up before I climbed the mountain. My GPS told me I had gone off route and wouldn't work anymore, my gas gage said I could go another 180 miles before empty. So I just kept on driving and said Lord I put this in your hands. The further I drove up the more the weather got worse, rain then hail then slush then snow and lots of it.The road was completely white the snow plows had been there to push some of the snow to the side but it had snowed so much they were still covered and the plows hadn't been back. As I got higher and higher and my gas was getting lower and lower, there was a flashing light that said chains needed (of course I didn't have any) and I was starting to get a little worried as it was about 12:30 am. I though well if I have to pull over until daylight I guess it won't be so bad the heater will work till I run out of gas. But,The Lord I Am in control control and you are in My hands. The radio station I was listening to was a gospel channel and the songs they were singing were "God is about to something trust in Him", "you are in Gods hands" and so on. So I started to relax and just trust Him, if I saw a sign and it said gas in so many miles I would look for it and see nothing but snow. Just as my car said you have 22 miles before empty and the last sign I saw was gas in 28 miles, I saw a big light coming from the road in the other direction, and with the snow the way it was the light glowed and looked like a giant angel was rising from the highway in front of me. As I reached the top of the hill to my left was a shining Chevron station with all of it's lights on it was closed but the pumps were working the only problem was my card had not been working and I would have to go inside for them to put the charge on it the old fashion way with the machine that you run the card through and the numbers show up on carbon paper then I would have to sign it. The way the snow was piled up around the station it looked as if it were on a cloud. This little town was called McCloud and I said Lord I know you put this gas station here cause I never saw a sign saying it would be here, so I'm going to try my card. Lo and behold it worked! I filled my tank and when I was done the total amount of the gas I put in came to $37.77 can you believe that? I was jumping up in down saying Praise you God, Thank you Jesus! I was safe in his hands the whole time and He provided me with a miracle gas station on a cloud. As it turns out Mt Shasta was another 15 minutes ahead and it was buried with snow, so it was a God thing I was able to gas where I did. I made to the next rest stop at 1:11 am, so I stopped and rested till the sun came up and continued my journey. I finally arrived on Sunday at 2:00 pm a different person then when I left Taos.

God is so good and I all need to do is trust Him, I am safe in His hands.

So faithful that God is he spanked me and reminded me to have Faith in Him Trust in Him. Along with the study I am doing "Safari through Daniel" God used this devotional that my sister sent me; http://www.raystedman.org/power/0127.html (copy & paste to your browser) and you will see how He spanked me.

Hebrews 12:5-7 (New International Version)

5And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
6because the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son."[a]

7Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

Sorry this is so long but God has been really doing a work in me and I wanted to share this.