In a business setting, to kiss a few frogs means that you don’t quit on your first mistake or your first failure. You keep going. You keep dreaming and trying new things and hoping for the best until one of those hare-brained schemes finally works.

I think the same goes for car shopping. None of the cars I’ve looked at have been frogs by any means, but none of them were the one for me to drive home and call my own.

I’ve learned a bit in the experience of looking for a Wrangler. I’ve been able to refine what I consider must-haves and nice-to-haves. I still don’t want any manual windows. Been there, done that, got rained on a few times.

I’d prefer a 2-door, but I’m not opposed to a 4-door for the right price. I’m pretty sure I want a hard top and normal tires (as opposed to the oversized off-road tires).

I still can’t see myself in any other car but a red one. My faithful audience expects me to pull up in a red Jeep, and I just can’t disappoint.

Above all, this is one more way that God is using to strengthen my prayer life. I keep going back to that prayer of Jehosaphat from 2 Chronicles 20:12: “We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

I’m praying and believing that God will lead me to the right Jeep at the right time not because I am so faithful to pray and so diligent in my faith but because He is faithful to His promises and He remembers me when I forget.

So here’s to more coffee and carsguru.com and lots more praying. And maybe a few weeks from now, I’ll have a update post with color pictures and everything.