Transfer of ownership

The other day we sold my little red car- Bobbi. I hated to part with her but since Jon retired I am not really using her and it was just needless money spent on insurance, etc. So we posted her on the internet and sold her. The lady drove us crazy before it was all said and done, but she was the only one to call. As my Father used to say, ” a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush”.
We did a pile of paperwork, most of it from DVM but also a bill of sale I printed from the internet that shows, ‘as it, no warrantee.’ Before I let it go I took a couple of pictures for posterity. I still feel sad every time that we open the garage door and there is no little red car.
Well on to other things, or so we thought.
Today we got a registered letter from the city of Modesto. Inside was a notice of impound on my dear car. Seems that the lady never turned in her paperwork to transfer ownership. She got picked up for something or other and towed the car away. Now they were going to hold us accountable for it.
Jon called the tow service and they said we needed to bring in copies of the paperwork showing we have filed the release. Be sure that they are date stamped. Ha! Here is the hitch. We mailed them! So we called DMV and they said that it would take 4-6 weeks for them to be entered. But the gal did recommend that we take our copies and have them date stamped, even if it was today, and take to the tow company. So that is what we did.
When we pulled into the tow lot, I began to cry, missing my car and feeling bad that she was out on the lot when she had always garaged and taken care of lovingly. In fact, she is a 1991 but the gal said that it was so clean that she thought is was a 1999!!! Silly to cry, but I did.
Fortunately we did have all the right stuff and are released from responsibility for the car. The lady had been there but they will not release the car until she does all the paperwork. In the meantime, it is costing her $135.00 a day! And it has been there 5 days already. Shortly, she will have paid the price of the car again.
Moral of the story is that when you sell a car, have the person meet you are DMV and see that they fill out the paperwork then and there. And get it date stamped.
When God purchased us, he did not do it with greenbacks or silver and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ. And he filled out all the paperwork ASAP. We are then, not our own or anyone else’s but His alone, bought with a price.
Now here is a bonus thought: Satan tries to get us to believe that God did not secure us fair and square, paperwork and all. He loves to drag us into the impound lot and dump us there, accumulating debts we can’t pay until we give up. But we have already been paid for. Don’t let him fool you. Remember that the transaction has been made and you belong to God, through Jesus Christ. You can leave the lot any time you want by running to your real owner, God Himself, confessing your sins and accepting His forgiveness.
And ever got towed there again. Show you bill of sale any time the evil one shows up to drag you away. You can find it at John 5:24