Today was Thursday and I have been witnessing the effect that Christ has been making in my life. I am hearing my calling to serve Him humbly and obediently loud and clear. I started my day with prayer and was led to study the book of Titus. What a great place to start my day as I am praying about being obedient to God. I pray for wisdom and strength to get through today unoffendable so that I can be a beacon of His love in His world no matter what comes at me today. Titus is such a great book to remind me what a Christian Leader or Mentor is to appear as. The Apostle Paul is very clear in His letter on how to lead by being a living example.
The day was a good day. Nothing all that exciting at work. I met Larry and Cathy from California and sold them on why they should buy from Clayton Homes and myself next summer when they relocate to the Puget Sound. It was a good day of progress at the office with nothing great or bad happening.
Then my friend Lisa came by to visit and we had a nice visit and talked about the Lord, friendship, relationships in a Christian sense and had a very nice visit. I left work to pick up Alexandria from her play date and was planning on finally making it to Reality for Thursday night worship when Lisa sent me a message asking if Alex and I wanted to meet her and Anna for dinner. I gave Alex the choice of church or hanging with Anna for dinner and off to the Super Buffet. We had a decent dinner and nice time of fellowship and then a nice day goes South.
I walk out and my truck is sitting crooked. I say oh crap not a flat tire. Sure enough it was not only flat but had been slashed on the sidewall on the passenger front tire. Immediately anger starts to boil and I start praying "God why, why me?" As frustration is building and the desire for justice starts to build I call the police to report the vandalism and start jacking up the truck. God is telling me to breathe, it's OK. I want to be pissed but start to calm a bit. I soon realize what a bozo I am as I jacked the truck up in a terrible place and get the flat removed but as a result can't get the truck high enough to get the spare on. Now I am getting pissed at myself. I lower the truck and try and reposition the jack but now I really screwed up and the truck is too low to get the jack under a safe and good spot. The officer arrives during this time and I tell him the story and determine I need a block and borrow Lisa's car and head to my office to grab a block. I left Lisa and the girls there as it was faster and getting dark quickly.
As I drive down Martin Way I start praying again and asking God to wash the anger and spite from my heart and make me unoffendable once again. The anger is removed and now I am able to proclaim forgiveness for the sin against me and begin to thank God that my tire was the center of this persons aggression and not a life. I am now thanking God for allowing this to help me grow in my faith. I get to my office retrieve the block and head back to the truck.
Upon arriving I see two men talking with Lisa as the kids are playing. God had brought Brother Gary and Brother Joel to offer assistance and keep the girls feeling safe and secure until I returned. Immediately they offer to help me finish the tire. The entire time Joel and I are putting the tire on Gary is quoting scripture and praying as he speaks. We stand together in a circle and pray thanks for bringing us, family of the Holy Kingdom together for Gods Glory. We pray forgiveness for the person or people that did this stupid act of destruction and ask that God uses this act as a way to release the anger and sadness in their heart and spare a person their wrath. We praise God for this act for building patience, tolerance, obedience and forgiveness when the enemy is out to stop me from my desire to live as a man of God that will be unoffendable and bring all glory onto Him, my Lord and King Jesus the Christ.
This day ended up going from mundane to glorious as I was able to connect with my two Brothers in Christ. I was able to turn it all over to the Father and allow Him the opportunity to judge, punish or forgive those that committed this act against me. This was a day that went from good and mellow to fun fellowship and then in a flash it became terrible as for a minute the anger started to control my state of mind and then, poof...I gave it to God and I was good as through Him all is great and glorious and if I can stay focused on Him and command Satan to get behind me...I will become the man God created me to be and that my Brothers and Sisters has me grinning from ear to ear. God bless you all and good night.
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