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I Almost Killed An Angel This Week
Have you ever been waiting to turn left at a set of lights for what seems like forever, then when you finally thread the gap in the traffic, you almost hit a pedestrian or biker who is using the crosswalk?
You get so wrapped up in ‘making this light‘ that you forget that there’s TWO types of oncoming traffic you need to avoid.
Well, that happened to me this week. I was supposed to pick up my wife at five, and I was running a few minutes behind. I waited impatiently for the cars to pass, then saw a very small window of opportunity, so I took a hard left as fast as I could.
Suddenly, I saw someone sprinting across the crosswalk to catch a bus. I hammered the gas and they just missed getting smoked by my trunk. I checked the rear-view mirror just to make sure I didn’t clip them accidentally. Fortunately, I didn’t. Unfortunately, they missed their bus.
It took an entire 2 seconds before my conscience kicked in, I pulled a U-turn, and went back to offer them a ride for a.) almost killing them, and b.) being part of them now having to stand in the cold for 22 minutes.
There was no one there. In fact, there was no one anywhere in the area. Whomever I almost hit, whomever missed their bus; was gone.
Strange eh?
The point is, I did the right thing. And I learned a valuable lesson- slow down, you idiot…and keep your eyes open.
I also learned several spiritual lessons because of this experience. But today I’m going to do something a bit different:
Now it’s your turn to go back, re-read this post, and find the spiritual lessons that apply to you.
Best of luck, and I’ll see you tomorrow. Drive carefully!
Jay
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July 31st, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Gotta go with “Lost!” as one of my favs from Coldplay. That song gets me pumped up when I crank it in the car on a beautiful summers day!
Thnxs for the free live cd link. Still haven’t heard them live, but would love to one day.
Whats my dream? My dream is be a part of 43,000 people throwing their hands in the air and shouting at the top of their lungs Glory to God! How amazing would that be! Too often I leave major concerts disappointed because I always wish it were Jesus everyone worshiped, not a guy or gal on stage. What fulfilled can that truly give us? Its Jesus we should praise, not because the bible says so but because he’s the one that brings true real fulfilled joy. Joy that lasts forever.
Thats my dream. Who will dream that dream with me?