I've got to pick, practice, organize, etc. the music for our Korea trip and a friend's wedding. I'm avoiding that by coming to this handy little link called "new post."
I started the day off right by grazing some one's beautiful, brand new, massive truck that was parked on the side of the street this morning. I was creeping up the hill in the neighborhood with the sun in my eyes and the morning dew and condensation still thick on the windshield. My wipers were going and my defrost was on high and I couldn't. see. a. thing. It was 7am and I was thinking, gee I'm glad kids aren't out playing this early, cuz I'd hit 'em. Then THWAP! Bump. Bump. Bump. sliiiiiide.
oh great.
So I get out of my car to find out WHAT I hit since I couldn't see anything. Wonderful. A truck. And look it's like the perfect color to blend in with the world around it. No wonder I hit it.
I left my name and number on their windshield and told them I was SO SORRY, which I am of course. It's almost noon and they haven't called yet. I keep rehearsing in my mind that when they do I will keep it simple and accept full responsibility and promptly give them my insurance info. Sigh... (I've found that you can't sue the sun or the water on your windshield and that people really aren't interested in your very valid reasons for doing dumb things.)
This whole "accepting responsibility thing" keeps chasing me around. Obviously the spiritual posts as of late have been all about how the Lord is pointing out my part in our walk together. Even my mini bio up top says that I'm trusting Him to do the work. He's really pointing out that it's not all Him. I've got to put forth effort too. I think I'm having a hard time coming to terms with this. I don't really like the idea that my choices or lack thereof can alter the course of my life, even if it's just 1mm at a time. The big choices have obvious impact, but it's all the little choices that cause you to drift. As we all know, eating to much, over sleeping, choosing to be lazy, watching dumb TV, not giving time to the Word, not guarding your heart and thoughts etc. are the things that little by little create undesirable change. We can't just walk away from the guard post and expect to stay on track. Okay Lord, you're right. Please help me to make the right choices toward godliness.
2 comments:
that the dude who owns the truck called and he was ridiculously nice about it. He said he thinks they can buff it out, but I told him if not then he should call me back. Now to change my number! Just kidding. Hopefully, he'll get it buffed out and I won't here from him again.
Oh, Kathryn! Oy. What a start to the day. I hope he can buff it out. If not, you could flee the country for Korea.
I'm sorry about this.
P.S. Your blog looks GREAT! I love the background. And look at all the places people are checking it out from! That's amazing.
I love you.
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