Earlier this month, I had the oil changed in my car. I had driven about 6,000 miles since the last oil change.

I also wanted the air pressure in my tires to be checked, as I had recently accidentally collided with a curb in a parking lot and was hoping the air pressure of the tire involved was not negatively affected. It turned out that the tire that hit the curb was impacted, in fact. It was measured to be sitting about 10 psi lower than the other tires. I was grateful to have air added and thus all the tires equalized with the same amount of air.

About a week later, I rechecked the air pressure of the tire in question and was happy to learn that it was holding the pressure well, however, I became aware that a different tire had lost air and was terribly low in pressure. Coincidentally, as I was checking the pressure of all the tires, the panic light on my dashboard activated, indicating the different tire in question needed air.



I drove back to the place that changed my oil to find that there was a nail in the tire that had just been measured with low pressure. I had that tire repaired, and everything seems to be going well since.

It is a gift to receive warning signs in life, be it cars or appliances or one’s health. We take those alerts seriously and do not take them lightly.

When it comes to our souls, do we receive warning signals? A nudge to go to Confession? An inkling to attend a Church program? An unsettledness gnawing at us to become more involved in some activity helping the Church or each other?

Let’s take these signals as gifts from God asking us to come closer to Him by saying “yes” to these quiet requests. 

By: Deacon Tom Gryzbek