You Just Never Know

For me Saturdays have a certain flow, or a least work better when there is a certain flow. Wake up a a decent hour. Eat delicious pancakes which are wonderfully prepared by my charming and useful wife. Watch The Soup and Flip This House. Although, I think they did do freshen up the Flip episodes because repeats have become the rule and not the exception. Then on to the tasks at hand. But if there was a day for procrastination, Saturday would be its name. Take this past Saturday for instance. I really needed to get going because I had to work on my lines for the up coming play (Sleuth, July 21-23 and 28-30 at the Cultural Arts Center, Dothan). I needed to work on my lines, but I kept finding other "things" to do. Finally I cam to my senses and left the house. My first stop was the store. You can't run lines without Diet Dr. Pepper! Especially when they are 2 for $2.22. I pulled in to the front of the store. I opened the door and began to exit the truck when I was stop by a young man wearing a white University of Auburn cap, backwards. He asked if I could help him out. He was pulling in towards the gas pumps when his truck quit and would not restart. I agreed to pull him to the pumps. The young man was very appreciative. I don't know if you have ever been stranded like that, but it is quite a helpless feeling. It was somewhat amazing that I pulled up at the exact time he was walking out of the store looking for help. With that task accomplished I went into the store to secure my carbonated delights. As I was leaving I pulled behind the young man who was still attempting to get his truck to crank. No success. I pulled beside him and asked if I needed to pull him to the edge of the lot, but he said he thought he had someone that could give him a tow home. He thanked me again and I was on my way.

As I was pulling out on to the highway I was thinking, what a neat thing to have happened. I got to help someone in an extreme way; after all it involved chains and pickup trucks. It showed me that God is in charge, even on a lazy Saturday morning. I could have stuck to my plan and rushed out of the house and been about my business, but instead I chose to be a little lazy and procrastinative (word or no word I used it). I was able to receive a blessing and be a blessing. They say if you snooze you loose, but sometimes you can make a matter pressing and miss out on a blessing (made that up too)

That is all well and good and I thanked God for the experience, but I still have a lot of work to do before July 21st. Pray for me, and Bill too.

An article about an amazing young man who qualified for the US Olympic Archery Team. By the way, he has no arms. CLICK HERE
What is your excuse? (I ask that of myself as well.)