We’ve been so busy getting the Soriano house ready for the holidays that I haven’t even stopped to blog! I’ll update with a series of posts…

The first update…we sold the car. Goodbye, friend –

All it took was one showing. Rafa called me at work. “He has cash!” Sold. The car was gone before I even got home from work.

I thought it would be harder to let go of something (the car) that was a symbol and means to something I guarded so closely (freedom).

I am constantly amazed at how God fills me with peace. He’s opened me to a whole new kind of freedom – the kind that comes from submitting to a husband that is submitting to Him.

IN the end, it wasn’t hard to give up the car at all. I don’t need a car because I don’t need to run anymore. I remember when I started driving to school on my own, in my own car. I was only 15 with a school permit. Even though school was only a mile or so down the road, freedom tasted sweet. When I wanted to hide, I could always jump in my car, because it was the only place I could be alone.

But I don’t need a car to call “mine” anymore, because everything I have is Rafa’s and everything he has is mine.

Now, I’m not saying that if you have two cars, you’re not submitting to your husband or anything like that. What I am saying is that I realized I did not need a car. Our transportation to work does not require two vehicles. The car sat for weeks at a time.

It was only in our garage because of selfishness. I choose submission.