My beautiful plan ruined…….

Are you superstitious? I believe in the existence of supernatural things.

This long weekend, the company has a one-week vacation. I spent a few weeks preparing everything I need in advance for my long distance ocean trip. Tonight, I happily drove to Los Angeles for fishing and playing near several islands there. Prepare to spend a week on the water, 200 nautical miles without landing, and then landing on San Diego beach.

Unexpectedly, the car had a flat tire on the highway after only a few miles left home. It’s okay to have a flat tire, and it’s easy to replace it with a new tire, but after inspection, it’s not a flat tire, something that forcibly smashed a hole in the steel wheel of my car and leaked the tire air.

This is a big problem. The whole steel wheel might needs to be replaced, the new parts need to be ordered. It will not be resolved for a while, my good plan for this week seems to be ruined.

I knew last time when I had a hard time near Channel Island National Park (Santa Cruz Island) there, I swear that I won’t visit there anymore in this life if I can safely return home. But today I am actually trying to broken my swear, so something just did this to stop me, maybe to prevent some serious bad thing happen to me.

The happiest is my wife, she said she will has husband accompany her in this holiday. I also suspected that it is God who forbids me to go out, and God wants me to stay at home with my wife, otherwise, this kind of strange incident of a steel wheel smashing a hole, which I have never heard of, happened not too early nor too late, just happened when I left home for couple miles?

It’s weird, it’s really weird

Hey Mr. X
Sorry to hear of your obstacle keeping you off the water…
We would have enjoyed your report’s!
But at least it made your Honey Happy!
Remember , if Mama’s not happy, no one’s happy!
There will be another trip!

Scotty

He will get your attention, one way or another. Keeping you safe for another day. It beats ignoring the signs, not waking up one day and …
Everyday is gift… enjoy the time with your loved ones.

Good call, Mr X, follow your intuition.
More adventures to come!
Cheers!

Can your wife swing a sledgehammer?

Pretty sure mine can

Is your car a Subaru? I have a full set of brand new wheels, and tires I removed when I bought my Crosstrek. You are welcome to borrow the set if they would fit your car. The set I have is off of a 2021 Crosstrek Sport.

God works in a mysterious way 

I enjoy when God protects me despite my ambition.  In my selfish state I will go to great means to get what I want.  Interestingly, when I get what I want, if not in His perfect will, it always falls short of my expectations for contentment and joy.

Can your wife swing a sledgehammer?

Pretty sure mine can

Looks to me more like a bullet hole...

Get a full size spare that you include in your tire rotation. Subarus have a very tight tread difference tolerance across tires (1/4 circumference across the tires) so an unrepairable flat on one generally means you need to replace all four. If you have a five tire rotation, then you can just retire the damaged one and go back to a donut + four tire rotation until you get new tires. Also, you'd be hosed if you got a flat in LA or SD and had to limp back on the donut. Not the case with a full size spare.

I enjoy when God protects me despite my ambition.  In my selfish state I will go to great means to get what I want.  Interestingly, when I get what I want, if not in His perfect will, it always falls short of my expectations for contentment and joy.

me too... so true... and well said

shiat happens...and sometimes for the better.

Get a full size spare that you include in your tire rotation. Subarus have a very tight tread difference tolerance across tires (1/4 circumference across the tires) so an unrepairable flat on one generally means you need to replace all four. If you have a five tire rotation, then you can just retire the damaged one and go back to a donut + four tire rotation until you get new tires. Also, you'd be hosed if you got a flat in LA or SD and had to limp back on the donut. Not the case with a full size spare.

Having owner 3 Subarus that all went over 200,000 miles, I can tell you this is very sound advise that will save you replacing perfectly good tires at some point during the cars life.

I enjoy when God protects me despite my ambition.  In my selfish state I will go to great means to get what I want.  Interestingly, when I get what I want, if not in His perfect will, it always falls short of my expectations for contentment and joy.

I'm going to print that out and hang it on the wall !

I enjoy when God protects me despite my ambition.  In my selfish state I will go to great means to get what I want.  Interestingly, when I get what I want, if not in His perfect will, it always falls short of my expectations for contentment and joy.

I'm going to print that out and hang it on the wall !

Well now...let's practice Spirit led self-control and watch Him work!  I'm checking myself every hour for sure.  Not paranoid, just ready and alert. 

The devil roams around like a hungry lion seeking whom he can devour.