He Shall Direct Thy Paths

September 17, 2022

The night of August 9th was one filled with anxiety, worry, and excitement.

I had many things on my mind for things that needed to be done within the next couple of days: I needed to move in, and I needed to buy a car.

Both big ordeals that were associated highly with the unknown, and that made them both very scary to me.

Finding a car was the scariest.

What if I couldn’t find one?

What if I bought the wrong one?

What if it cost too much and I couldn’t afford it?

What if I didn’t get approved for a loan?

What if, once we bought one, we couldn’t get it added to the insurance?

What if?!

Well after the list of “what ifs” ran through my head for several hours, I went to sleep, ready to hopefully answer those questions the next day.

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Prior to coming home from FSY, I kept thinking about this one dealership a family member told me about a month prior. She explained that they had bought cars from there, and they loved them!

My mind was continually drawn to this place, so I knew I had to go there. Even if we just checked it out and nothing happened, I wanted to go there first.

When we got there the next day (August 10th), we got out of the car and started walking around, looking at the different cars available.

Immediately the guys working there joined us outside and began answering questions and showing us cars.

The first car we looked at was a Fiat 500L (if you don’t know what that means, don’t worry, neither did I) that was beige and looked brand new.

Then we moved on to look at others.

We went up to a Prius and checked it out too.

I was furiously texting my dad about every car we looked at because I wanted his expertise and opinion.

A Prius was never really on my dad’s list of approved cars, so I didn’t give the Prius much thought.

That being said, since we were near the Prius and looking at it, the guy went and got the key so we could look inside. He also got the key to the Fiat.

After looking inside the Prius, I didn’t care for it a whole lot, so we went back to look at the Fiat.

When we looked inside the Fiat, I immediately fell in love.

So we took it for a test drive.

I prayed that we wouldn’t get in an accident while on a test drive (that was a big fear of mine), but everything drove smoothly, and no accident occurred.

Thank goodness.

While in the car, we prayed about it.

I made the decision to buy the car while test driving it, so we prayed and asked Heavenly Father if that was a good choice for me.

I just felt right about it. I had no fear or anxiety, so I took that as a “yes, buy the car!”

My grandma had chills. Twice.

When we were almost back to the dealership, she asked me what I was going to name it.

I told her I’d have to think about it, but inside my mind I had a potential name picked out.

Sage.

Because the car was beige.

(Clever, huh?)

Anyway, we got back and told them we wanted to buy it.

After filling out some paperwork and giving them deposit money, we headed off to the bank.

I’m not going to bore you with the details of that, but one thing that was a funny coincidence is that the guy who helped us get the loan had a daughter named Sage.

At that point, how could I not name the car Sage?!

With Heaven’s help, the loan went through, we got our check, and we went back to officially buy the Fiat 500L.

I drove it to my grandparents’ house and parked it there. (There was no way I was driving it without insurance!)

And then my grandma helped me move in.

Two huge, scary, terrifying, and exciting things in one day.

It was pretty crazy!

And very miraculous.

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I hope that story didn’t bore you (sorry if it did), but I wanted to share because the whole day was filled with miracles.

Miracles of proof that Heavenly Father directs our paths.

I was directed to go to that dealership.

I was directed to buy that car.

I was directed to sign a lease for my place months prior.

Heavenly Father was directing my paths.

Clear and undoubtable proof that Proverbs 3:5-6 (FSY theme all summer) was true.

If we trust in the Lord

with all our hearts

and lean not unto our own understanding

He. Will. Direct. Our. Paths.

I have a testimony that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ know us.

And love us.

And watch over us every moment.

And are with us every day.

They care about the details of our lives.

The big decisions.

And the little things that matter to us too.

They want what is best for us and promise to direct our paths if we trust them.

Wholeheartedly.

But it’s scary.

Well, it’s actually terrifying.

The unknown nearly paralyzes me at times.

I hate not knowing. I hate feeling like I have no control.

But that’s where faith comes in.

That’s where faith says, “don’t worry. He’s got you.”

I’m grateful for faith.

I’m grateful for trust.

I’m grateful for hope.

I’m grateful for inspiration.

I’m grateful for divine design.

Without these things, I don’t know how I’d live.

How I’d survive.

Well …

I guess it’s a good thing I don’t have to worry about that.

He’s got it taken care of.

Now all I need to do is trust.

And know that everything

will

be

okay.

Actually, it will be better than okay.

It will be great.