Please pray for my driving skills

[Chajara]

Yeah, it's a silly thing to ask, but trust me I need it because I'm completely uncoordinated. I'm awful at turning and I can't seem to remember to check mirrors. I think my sister nearly had a heart attack when she took me out driving on the roads for the first time today, and I came inside and bawled my eyes out for a few minutes because it was so nerve-wracking.

So yeah, I need all the help and prayer I can get. I start college the 22nd and I need to get driving and my mother will not teach me so it's pretty much up to my sister. Thanks guys

 

[silentpoet]

We are told to bring our requests to God. And if it is a need you can rest assured God will answer that prayer. So I do pray for your driving needs.

 

[crossrunner]

I'm praying for you. I know just how you feel. I used to have such a fear of driving that I didn't get my license until I was 27. It was such a miracle. A Christian friend taught me to drive (He said that he felt that God was leading him to teach me). I really think that it was through a great deal of prayer that I was able to overcome this obstacle and get my license. Now I drive all over the place and I drive in a very trafficky city. Praise God!

 

[Chajara]

I'm praying for you. I know just how you feel. I used to have such a fear of driving that I didn't get my license until I was 27. It was such a miracle. A Christian friend taught me to drive (He said that he felt that God was leading him to teach me). I really think that it was through a great deal of prayer that I was able to overcome this obstacle and get my license. Now I drive all over the place and I drive in a very trafficky city. Praise God!

Oh, this is very encouraging. I don't know why I'm so scared, I guess I just have to practice, but man is it scary with other drivers on the road to realize that you're not even in the habit of checking mirrors. I changed lanes twice today without checking the rear-view mirrors, and with no turn signal either. (One of the times I was trying to avoid merging traffic... even though I have the right of way) I'm honestly thinking of putting a big sign in the back window that says "NEW DRIVER - I'M SORRY I SUCK. PLEASE DON'T RUN ME OVER"

 

[JPPT1974]

Yeah, it's a silly thing to ask, but trust me I need it because I'm completely uncoordinated. I'm awful at turning and I can't seem to remember to check mirrors. I think my sister nearly had a heart attack when she took me out driving on the roads for the first time today, and I came inside and bawled my eyes out for a few minutes because it was so nerve-wracking.

So yeah, I need all the help and prayer I can get. I start college the 22nd and I need to get driving and my mother will not teach me so it's pretty much up to my sister. Thanks guys

Lord help Chajara and that all things are possible in you and help her to lean on you for support and guidance. And that everything will fall into place. In thy name, amen.

 

[Witness Of His Love]

Yeah, it's a silly thing to ask, but trust me I need it because I'm completely uncoordinated. I'm awful at turning and I can't seem to remember to check mirrors. I think my sister nearly had a heart attack when she took me out driving on the roads for the first time today, and I came inside and bawled my eyes out for a few minutes because it was so nerve-wracking.

So yeah, I need all the help and prayer I can get. I start college the 22nd and I need to get driving and my mother will not teach me so it's pretty much up to my sister. Thanks guys

It's not silly at all. I wish I had the courage to learn. My husband was not a very nice man when we first married. He was impatient, cross, unfeeling and abusive to me. He wouldn't let anyone else teach me how to drive, insisted on teaching me himself because only HE knew how to teach me right. In the car he would yell at me, critize my every attempt, throw his hands up in frustration, call me names and just generally make me concentrate on anything but the road. I was a very meek and shy person and his abuse made things worse.

To this day he still insists I can only learn to drive from him, no driving school, and as he is my only support; I have no way of providing the cash for myself to pay for driving school. As a consequence of this, I've never learned how to drive. I should mention it bugs him he has to cart me all over creation. hehe I do worry about not driving now as I live in an isolated, rual area. If something happens to him I will have no way to get into town which is 20 miles away. The Lord has always provided for me but if something happens to my husband it will be a real test of my faith to trust the Lord to work something out. I'm glad you've built up the courage to learn how!


Heavenly Father, Please make Chajara's driving lessons easy to learn. Be her driving instructor. Keep her level of concentration high and her mind sharp while she's behind the wheel. Give her sister compassion and patience while teaching her. Make the road safe for her until she learns how to handle the car. In Jesus' name, Amen

 

[Chajara]

Witness, your husband shouldn't be keeping you from driving, and he especially should NOT be abusing you. You married him and pledged your love and he did the same, so he should uphold his end of the bargain and if he won't God needs to smack him. It seems like he just wants to control you. My dad was the same way, and now my mom and I have completely cut him out of our lives (and subsequently are a lot happier). I hope an opportunity comes for you to have more freedom and to learn to drive, because I know what it's like to be in a rural area. My dad moved us to the top of a hill in Kentucky and I'd go without any human contact for days. I got incredibly depressed. But we got out of the situation and I'm doing better. Just gotta learn to drive and get through college now