Seeking and Finding in a Small Town

Some things you really need are hard to find, especially in a small town, but “he who seeks finds” (Matthew 7:8).  A big, fast truck passed me in the other lane.  As it went by its back wheel threw a rock into my front windshield.  Immediately, I saw a crack moving across the window.  As the crack continued its slow move, I remembered a lesson from my truck driving grandfather.  Ladies clear nail polish, applied to the crack, will stop the spread.  Two problems: Joanne didn’t have any clear nail polish with her and I was twenty miles from the next town – Falfurrias, Texas.  Finally, a truck stop was in sight, and I exited the highway and went in to make a purchase.  No!  Love’s Truck Stop does not sell nail polish.  When the clerk asked why I needed nail polish, and I told him, he spit a stream and issued a few non-repeatable words.  Try Walmart a few blocks into town, he advised through laughter.  I should have known.  Every south Texas town of 4000 has a Walmart.  But again.  No nail polish.  “Try Dollar Tree” said the apologetic salesclerk, with a smile.  Of course. I just wasn’t thinking.  Several more blocks into town and, sure enough!  They had it.  I bought it, as the clerk gave me a “that’s going to look good on you nails” look.  Applied to the windshield crack, the movement stopped just in time. Now I have to deal with my zero deductible insurance.