A Miracle?!?

Yesterday as we were leaving Hobby Lobby (love that store!) and walking to our car, I pushed the car remote for the sliding door to open (we have a Honda Odyssey). Nothing happened. I pushed it again and still nothing happened. I checked to see if we were at the right van and we were! ; ) I tried to lock and unlock the doors and still nothing. I quickly realized that our car battery was probably dead because this had happened before and the battery was the problem. I thought to myself that this was a good opportunity to show the kids an appropriate reaction when the unexpected happens. I usually get very frustrated and the kids see this....not a good thing to be teaching them. I calmly opened the front door and we all got in the car. I told them that the battery was dead and that we would have to call the man (aka roadside assistance) to come help us. As expected, Eli panicked a little. I tried to turn the interior car lights on and nothing happened, confirming for me that the battery was dead. Before I tried to start the car, I held Eli's hand and Chase's hand and told them that we were going to pray before we tried to start the car. Eli asked why and I told him that we were going to ask God to please start our car. Eli's exact words...."God can't fix our car!" I was very surprised at this but used it as an opportunity to tell him that God can do anything. It doesn't mean that He will, but He can! Eli said, "but, not fix our car." We prayed anyway. After praying, we tried the car and it started!!! Needless to say, we were all thrilled!!! We said a prayer of thanksgiving and went on our way. I must confess that as we were driving away, I thought to myself that it must not have been a dead battery UNTIL I tried to turn the radio on....when I turned it on, the display read "Enter Code" which is only required when the battery dies or is disconnected and it is replaced.

Of course I do not know for sure, but our car showed every sign of having a dead battery and it started anyway. I really feel like God started our car for Eli. We teach Eli about God, read the Bible and pray with him. He talks about Jesus all the time so I was surprised that he didn't really believe that God could do something so practical as helping us with our car. I think God used it as a chance to teach a sweet, four-year-old that God can do anything!