[This is my Faith Post for November 2024.]
I nearly had a major situation on my hands a couple weeks ago all because of a sticker. Yes, a basic sticker. Well, it was at least a sticker that got things started. I was up in the Traverse City area for the Michigan District All Pastors Conference and as the conference ended I decided to head over to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore to enjoy the Fall colors and the beautiful park. While I was still in the area. I enjoyed some great hiking at Sleeping Bear Point and also enjoyed the scenic drive through the park. I made my way out to the little town of Empire to see the visitor center and finish up my time there. It was at the visitor center that the sticker enters the story.
I happened to see some nice Sleeping Bear Dunes stickers that would be fun to put on the outside of my Chromebook. I had left my wallet and cash in my van however. So I went out to my van to get cash to buy the sticker and as I sat in my driver's seat getting what I needed from my wallet my key slipped out of the back of my shorts. I exited the vehicle with the key still on the seat, and for some reason the doors of the vehicle locked on my exit. I realized instantly what had happened but it was too late. Going back out to the car for that infamous sticker had now put me in quite the predicament.
I was locked out and I was almost 5 hours away from the spare key. This certainly could have been a moment for great panic. How would I get in my vehicle? How would I get home? Where would help come from? Not to mention, I was dressed in shorts and short sleeves from the hiking and I couldn't remain outside forever as the temps began to drop. And to top it all off my phone battery was down to 30% and if it ran out my options would really run thin. What was I going to do?
