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.