Comments on: 200,000 Miles of Thanksgiving http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/ Trusting God :: Treasuring Christ :: Triumphing the Gospel Sat, 26 May 2012 00:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ron http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12410 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:51:43 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12410 Great stuff.

Wow, God’s protection and provision is beyond my comprehension as much as his love for my fallenness and his sovereignty over my free-will. God is awesome and worthy to be praised.

Thanks for the wake-up call. I’ve got two cars over 140,000 and I need to be making my thanksgivings loudly for me and my wife.

God bless you, Timmy.

Ron Kinzel

]]> By: Timmy Brister http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12372 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:57:39 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12372 Mark,

It’s funny that you say that, because I put a new set of tires on the car just this week! I was hoping for a nice Labor Day sale, but it was okay.

Yeah, the whole 200,000 mile mark got me really thinking about common grace in the giftedness of auto engineers and mechanics and divine providence in all my travels. As I began to think about it more, I realized that there is so much to be thankful to God for that I too often take for granted. Thanks for sharing.

Rollin’ with my new set of wheels,

Timmy

]]> By: Mark Pemberton http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12364 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:24:12 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12364 That’s some crazy driving Tim. 35k a year is definitely burning rubber. The average tire only lasts that long, so I guess you get a new set of tires every year. What a great Christmas present. LOL

Thanks for “awakening” me to remember to give thanks for the things that we easily take for granted. I guess I got stuck in the “faith-for-granted” loop where I forget to give thanks to God for the luxuries we have by driving in a safe and reliable car, with a full tank of gas, on maintained roads to get me to and fro.

Blessings,
Mark

]]> By: Timmy Brister http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12280 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:24:12 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12280 As Jenny rightly points out, I used to drive a 2000 Toyota Tundra. I put 110,000 miles on it in almost four years. Then, in 2004, I swapped cars with my parents and took the Avalon because of the increased gas prices and living off less than half my prior income. I think I got the Avalon with right around 100,000 miles on it. On average, I put about 35,000 miles a year on the car (right now somewhere around 75 miles a day). Both the Avalon and Tundra have been great vehicles, and I am grateful that there has not been any major mechanical failure or wreckage.

]]> By: Mark Bass http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12249 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:31:29 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12249 Good reflections on God’s goodness.

That’s some crazy high mileage on a 7 year old car. Did you put all those miles on there? I guess small town living keeps my mileage low.

]]> By: Timmy Brister http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12239 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:04:50 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12239 Jenny,

$2 gallon for gas is what happened.

I simply could not afford spending over $50 a week to get from work to school to home, especially after having moved to Louisville and working with a seminary budget!

I do miss the Tundra though. :|

]]> By: Jenny Cook http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12234 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:42:55 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12234 Tim,
What happened to the Tundra?
Jenny

]]> By: erik raymond http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12199 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:26:33 +0000 http://timmybrister.com/2007/09/05/200000-miles-of-thanksgiving/#comment-12199 Thanks Tim. This post was edifying.

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