A New Driver

My son turned 16 on the 17th, but because of school and the cross country schedule, we had to postpone the road test a week. He finished his online driver education course on Tuesday and we were scheduled for the test on Wednesday at 4:40 pm. I picked him up from school and he wanted to practice backing into a parking space, so off to Kohl's we went. After a couple of successes, we headed to the DMV. We arrived early and waited. And waited. And waited. Forty minutes after the appointment, he took the road test and passed. However, we couldn't get the license because the administrators of the online course had not emailed the completion certificate. They said we should see it in 24-48 hours. We were frustrated, but planned to return on Friday.

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

This may be a strange verse to attach to this situation, but we believed what they told us was true. We had faith that this certificate would be sent, we even planned the return trip to the DMV based on their assurance. 

On Friday afternoon he had still not received the certificate. We were beginning to lose hope that we would be successful that day. I called the company and finally talked to a person. It seems that they had his birth date wrong and nothing was matching up. We corrected that date and they said they would email the certificate in another 24-48 hours. Time out! We had already waited 60 hours, so I begged, I pleaded, I told them how crushed he would be. It worked! She talked to her supervisor who said she would mail it that afternoon. He sent a message at 3 pm telling me he had it. I picked him up from school and headed back to the DMV. Friday afternoon around 5 pm, he became a licensed driver. 

I'm glad God doesn't get our birthdate wrong. He knows who we are, where we are and what we need to do.