Modern convenience

Yesterday was a bit crazy and as a result I drove home late after open house at the kids school and dinner out.  We discovered on the way home that Ben was out of our yard and we were frantic to find him.  Ben of course was found and very happy to have had a long excursion around the neighborhood visiting all of the other dogs.  The bad part was that I was in such a hurry to find him I left my lights on in the car....all night long.  Imagine my surprise this morning when I turned the key and nothing happened.  I only had about 10 minutes to get to the gym before my class.  Fortunately I have a very good friend who came to my rescue and drove me to the gym.  Suzanne drove me home and there I sat until her husband came and helped me jump the car (John was out of town).   Jack thought it was so funny that I felt trapped not having a car when so many others don't have one ever.  He also started talking about how people were able to get along before cars.  Here I was without a car for only a few hours - how was I going to get to the grocery store for dinner?.... and that movie rental I needed to return....

God, thank you for the ease of this life and the privilege you have blessed me with.  I try not to complain but sometimes I obviously need a reminder of how good I have it.