{"id":23182,"date":"2025-11-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=23182"},"modified":"2025-11-08T06:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:35:35","slug":"patience-muffins-and-a-soul-recharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=23182","title":{"rendered":"Patience, Muffins, and a Soul Recharge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before our trip to Tulsa, I took my car to the dealership for my 45,000-mile checkup. \u201cIt\u2019ll take about two hours,\u201d they said. Perfect, I thought \u2014 time for a little quiet, a complimentary blueberry muffin (bless them), and some writing time with my laptop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found a cozy corner, coffee beside me, and settled in like I was at a spa for cars. Peaceful. Productive. Until\u2026 real life walked in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, a woman sat nearby and began chatting through her earbuds at full volume \u2014 apparently holding a conversation with someone in another galaxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then came a young mom with her adorable toddler, who quickly turned the waiting room into a one-baby circus. He laughed, squealed, then had a muffin meltdown when his mom cut him off mid-snack.
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I decided to relocate to a \u201cquiet cubby\u201d \u2014 a little nook for peace and quiet. Surely this would be peaceful. But no. The man next to me had rock music playing on his computer.

And just as I was trying to compose my blog about patience (of course), my service advisor appeared with a smile and advised that I needed a new battery. Grand total of this little jaunt for a quick auto check-up — $500!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At that moment, I realized it wasn\u2019t just my car battery that needed recharging. My attitude did too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I took a deep breath. Thanked God for the funds to pay the bill and the patience to laugh through the chaos. Because sometimes, God uses waiting rooms, background noise, and slow-charging batteries to remind us: our peace isn\u2019t found in silence \u2014 it\u2019s found in Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are stayed on You.\u201d \u2014 Isaiah 26:3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe the real checkup wasn\u2019t for my car at all. Maybe it was for my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I left the dealership with a new battery under the hood \u2014 and a new one in my soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe still, and know that I am God.\u201d \u2014 Psalm 46:10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turns out, my car wasn\u2019t the only one that needed a recharge! Sometimes the waiting room becomes the classroom \u2014 where patience gets fine-tuned, peace gets restored, and joy gets jump-started. Thanks, dear Lord! I needed that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#FaithInTheWait #PeaceInThePause #SoulRecharge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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