signs from God

I'm sure where I stand on the idea of recieving signs from God but I do know that things ALWAYS happen the way He wants them to and He puts people in the right places at the right time. This happened to us more than once today alone. To keep this short I will try to just highlight the important parts and leave out the boring in-betweens. =)

Brad knew today was going to be a slow day at work so he was able to take the day off with no problems. That, alone, is a miracle! He had 3 trucks lined up that he wanted to look at in Ohio. Seems WV folks want way more than OH folks for big diesel trucks.

It was noon, or later, by the time we got to the third lot to drive the last truck on his list. The salesman Brad had talked to on the phone the other day said he was "lucky" the truck was at that particular lot. It had been at one of their other lots but a man had been interested in the truck so they brought it over to this lot. Luck? I think not!

They were asking more than we wanted to give for the truck but we drove it anyway. Brad is good at getting what he wants out of a vehicle deal. A ways up the road, Brad pulled over in an empty lot to look under the hood while it was running and check some things. An older gentleman across the road ran across and was talking to Brad. I couldn't hear anything being said. If you have ever been near a diesel truck, you will know why. It sounds like a bus! But I could tell by the smiles and chuckles that it was not bad.

Turns out this man was the previous owner of the truck!! Sign from God? I don't know but it helped in our decision to buy the truck! This man said the truck was a great truck, there was nothing wrong with it and they hadn't given him nearly what they were asking for the truck. So Brad felt confident to go back and offer even less for it.

Now can I just brag on my husband for a minute? And ultimately God because he is the one who makes this all possible! The salesman complimented Brad on how well he was doing for himself after all the paperwork was done, talking job and money-wise. Then when we got in with the finance guy, they were able to get us a very low interest rate because of Brad's awesome credit and then to make it even better, the guy took over $100 off our GAP insurance because he likes WV! =) Tell me God didn't have a hand in that! They also said Brad had the best credit score of anyone who had been in there today and by now it was 3 pm. I'm always thankful for what God has given us but it is nice to be reminded of his generosity sometimes! I often think "why us?" but that is a different post altogether.