Was it cold at your house this morning? Girl, it was freezing at my house! The ground was white with frost and almost looked like snow. Kristina was sweet enough to warm the truck up for me and it was nice and toasty by the time we left. Normally Kristina rides the bus to school and I take Gabe since it is on my way but this morning she missed her bus. So, out the door we fly running about five minutes late.
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I swung into car line at the Jr. High School to drop Gabe off, gave shouts of "I love you" and "be good" as he slammed the door to fling out of that car line to run to the High School which is about 10 minutes away and in the opposite direction of work.
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The road to the High School is an old country road. Very little sunlight is able to shine through the overgrown oak trees that act as a tunnel. One minute you are driving straight and then the very next minute a curve is right there and it is almost a complete right or left turn. So, naturally, you should be driving slowly and carefully on this road but I was running late and I knew that after dropping Kristina off I would have to take the interstate to work which is absolutely a dread of mine.
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I was flying down this road, tires screeching, Kristina grabbing on the hand rail holding her breath the entire time when all of a sudden a policeman tops the hill coming towards me. I look down and I am doing 60 miles per hour. I tap my brakes (like that was going to do something) and hold my breath. He drives right on by without batting an eye.
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"Thank you Lord" I said.
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Kristina cocked her head to the side and said "Who do you think you are?"
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"What?" I questioned.
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"You were breaking the law and driving like a crazy woman and because you didn't get caught you are going to thank God?!?!?! That's wrong!" she explained.
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Wow! I was busted! I sat there all but hanging my head in shame and told her that she was exactly right. I slowed that truck down and right there in front of her I prayed aloud asking God to forgive me for breaking the law and for then thanking him for allowing me to not get caught.
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You know we often go through life not wanting to "man up" and call someone on their sin because we are not to judge. Well, this is true, we are not to judge someone for something we know nothing about but in Galations 6:1 it says "Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently..."
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Do you know what the meaning of restore is? According to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/, restore means to put (someone) back in a former position, to bring back to original condition. How else are we to restore someone unless we bring a sin to their attention. I have been desperately praying for God to show me sins within my life so that my heart can be pure and clean because I want to walk so closely with my Father holding his hand day after day and in the most amazing way God revealed a sin to me today through the mouth of my daughter! What better way to catch my attention!
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God is good....all the time....God is good!
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Today is a special day in our family and I must stop for a moment and recognize my Daddy in that today is his birthday! Happy Birthday Daddy...I love you! =)
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