Life...
Today I was driving in the car and came to an intersection. There was road construction and a man was directing the rather large amount of traffic that was accumulating. It was taking him some time to get to my side of the intersection when all of a sudden, the car quit running because it had begun to over heat. Naturally, this was right when he was signalling me to make my turn. I could not get the car to start again, and I turned on the hazzards and signalled to the man directing traffic that the car was dead as I waved the cars behind me around. Now at first glance you might think this would be rather frustrating, but the chain of events that happened next are amazing, yet most would probably overlook them.
Most might get angry at this point. Some may get embarrased. Others may look to the Heavens and ask God for some devine intervention and maybe some help. Generally, I would do all of the above and probably in that order. But for some reason I didn't. I still don't really know why.
First, I gave thanks to the lord for making my day interesting and challenging. I just felt that this really wasn't that big of a deal for some reason. I looked up and noticed that a young man was looking in my direction as if to see if I needed help. I nodded to him in the affirmative as I got out. As he got out of his car, I noticed that he had a short hair cut, walked with authority and curled fingers. He was a Soldier. The Modern Army PT shirt was also a dead giveaway. I said hey brother, How are you? He just said let me give you a hand and jumped behind the car. As I was looking around to see where I should try and put this thing, he suggested that I ask the man directing traffic to hold everyone while we push it out of the way. We started pushing at the nod of the director, who also joined in and helped. As We picked up quite a bit of speed, the young man suggested I jump in and try and start it. Wouldn't you know it, the car fired right up, I jumped in and gave a wave and yelled thanks out the window as I drove on down the road. A simple life issue, small and yet profoundly impacting. I wish I would have gotten his name.
The Lord meets you where you're at when you NEED him, not always when you WANT him to. Than GOD for that!
Most might get angry at this point. Some may get embarrased. Others may look to the Heavens and ask God for some devine intervention and maybe some help. Generally, I would do all of the above and probably in that order. But for some reason I didn't. I still don't really know why.
First, I gave thanks to the lord for making my day interesting and challenging. I just felt that this really wasn't that big of a deal for some reason. I looked up and noticed that a young man was looking in my direction as if to see if I needed help. I nodded to him in the affirmative as I got out. As he got out of his car, I noticed that he had a short hair cut, walked with authority and curled fingers. He was a Soldier. The Modern Army PT shirt was also a dead giveaway. I said hey brother, How are you? He just said let me give you a hand and jumped behind the car. As I was looking around to see where I should try and put this thing, he suggested that I ask the man directing traffic to hold everyone while we push it out of the way. We started pushing at the nod of the director, who also joined in and helped. As We picked up quite a bit of speed, the young man suggested I jump in and try and start it. Wouldn't you know it, the car fired right up, I jumped in and gave a wave and yelled thanks out the window as I drove on down the road. A simple life issue, small and yet profoundly impacting. I wish I would have gotten his name.
The Lord meets you where you're at when you NEED him, not always when you WANT him to. Than GOD for that!
posted by Skillen | 00:57
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That's a great story! I hope you run into him again.
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