Worth the drive

One of my least favorite things to do is drive.  Let me just preface this story with that statement.  So when my son asked me to drive him to church tonight, I was not quite looking forward to it. 
 I left work at 4:10, drove to pick up my sophomore son at 5:10, drove to pick up his friend, and drove them to church by 6:00 for the high school ministry program on Wednesday nights.  As he got out of the car, he said, "Wait, I've got to get my wallet out of the back." 
"Why do you need your walled?" I inquired.
"I need to tithe," he said.
As he was shutting the back door, I heard his friend say, "Got your tithe?"
"Yep," Jeff replied and they headed into the church.
As I drove away, I teared up.  "Wow, God!  You are Amazing!"
I was reminded how 4 years ago, we moved to Fort Worth.  Everything was new.  New school. New people. No friends. 
I really wanted Jeffrey to connect and make some new friends at church, so I insisted that he go to the Jr. High program weekly.  He wasn't thrilled about going.  I kept driving him there every week and hoping he'd make a friend or talk to somebody. Anybody. 
Each week was fruitless.  Then one week after I dropped him off, I cried all the way home.  I cried because my son needed a friend.  I cried out to God for Jeffrey.  I wanted him to have good relationships.  I wanted him to have Godly friends.  I wanted him to have connections. 
The next week, God answered my prayer.  I got a call from a woman who heard that we lived near her and that my son was going to the Jr. High night weekly.  She thought we might want to carpool.  I talked with her about moving to the area and how we weren't connected in a lifegroup yet either.
She told me about their lifegroup and how it had several kids in it the same age as Jeffrey.  I was so excited and we started going to that lifegroup.
Now it is four years later.  I can look back and see how much God has given us.  How much He has given Jeffrey.  He has wonderful Christian friends that are as close as brothers.  Jeffrey has friends that he can talk about God with and share his life with.  What an amazing journey!
I realized that God cares so much about our needs.  He cares so much about our children's needs too!  He worked in Jeffrey's life to give him the connections that he needed.  Thank you, God for listening to my prayer and giving us more than we could ever ask or imagine!  What good gifts you give to our children.
And tonight's reminder was well worth the drive. :-)