A sovereign God at work

Two quick stories that have recently reminded me of God's complete sovereignty.

1. Thanks to Tony for sharing this video. The artist's name is Akiane (a-kee-ah-na). In a nutshell, her parents were atheists, but God had a different plan for her life.

2. We recently had the awesome opportunity to give away our old beat up Explorer. I really didn't feel good about selling it because it may be on its last leg (wheel). We asked around for about two weeks with no luck. Then one day, as I was driving home I really felt led to contact Travis. Travis was a new engineer to our office, but something he had said the week earlier had indicated that someone he knew may be looking for car. To make a long story short, we ended up giving the car away to a man named Watson - Travis's father-in-law to be (getting married this May). So here's the cool part:

Watson has given away several cars over the course of his life. The car was going to be put use immediately as a part of Watson's new project called the coaches channel. And the best part of all, when I received the title transfer, there is a part that asks "If the car was sold for less than the value, please state the reason why _________." On that line, Watson had written one word. "Friendship."

As I read that word, I just paused again to thank God for his Sovereignty. Not only were able to help another family in Christ, we gained some friends in the process.