Good News - July 2019

ENCOURAGEMENT 26 JULY 2019 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition “From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him” (Proverbs 12:14 ESV). Saturday night, just before sundown, Shannan and I arrived back to our place in Arkansas. For my part it was with a skip in my step, a sigh of relief and gratitude in my heart to God. We had just traveled 2956 miles across Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, and then trekked back to the Natu- ral State, completing the entire jaunt in our 1936 Chevrolet (aka The Octogenar- ian). If you wonder what would possess someone to do that . . . it is the Hot Rod Power Tour. If that doesn’t make sense, don’t worry. I get that. But to those of us who love driving back roads, cruising small town America and enjoying a daily car show with upwards of 5,000 fellow car enthusiasts, it’s a dream vacation. As Hot Rod puts it: “For a week, thousands of cars from across the country assembled and took part in a parade that spanned seven cities, five racetracks and countless small towns on the backroads of America. This giant cruise is celebration of the automobile, the technology surrounding it and the car enthusiast community, and is unlike anything else in the world.” For me the trip was also, to a large extent, the working out of Proverbs 12:14 on an automotive scale. Let me explain. Discovery We found the 1936 Chevrolet in North Carolina a couple of years back, bought it last year and brought it home to Boca (thanks to a friend who let us use his truck and trailer). I dreamed of taking this aging beauty on the Tour, but it would not be easy. Despite four-wheel disc brakes, a relatively modern engine (1995 Fleetwood Cadillac 350), and rack and pinion steering, there were many things the Chevy did not have: • Glass • Wiper blades • Seat belts The Sweet Satisfaction of Hard Work - Tommy Kiedis - Spanish River Church Shannan and Tommy Kiedis Photo credit: Justus Martin