So yesterday I had to take the oh-so-fabulous driving class so that I could get out of the driving ticket I got this summer (for failing to stop completely.) Anyway, as I drove for a long time at the dog tracks - a somewhat seedy, definitely run-down area in town - I paused and reflected to eat some humble pie. How low I felt! The women sitting near me couldn't speak worth a high school education she was so bent on using slang and that "f*ing judge" language. Nearly all the rest of the women couldn't dress worth an anything as far as I could tell. The teacher was, I'm guessing, nearly 3 feet wide standing sideways, though more conversable than the rest. The men had low IQs, but gosh darn if they weren't men and drove trucks and beat up cars - even if one completely failed to run the course correctly any of the number of times we ran threw it - quite a feat of incompetency if you ask me! So there I sat, regarding my poor grouping with these losers on the Lord's Day, and He reminded what a sinner I am and how I could have been grouped much worse had His grace been any less.
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I like working out at the Y. I'm serious! Unlike other places, where competitive nature strikes a cold atmosphere - the YMCA's actually pretty fun. As I walked or ran around the track upstairs (yes, 14 times is one mile - but no actually it doesn't get old), I was complimented and encouraged no less than three times. Yes, I know it's probably pity that spurred them on, as I am far from my goals, but their kindness warmed my heart nonetheless.
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Finally, I love the smell of pumpkin. I came home and baked pumpkin pie and pumpkin spice bread, and I could just sit here in my apartment all day soaking in the season. (Though I can only smell a small dose since I still have a bit of a cold.)
Many reasons to give thanks, so many more I have thought of but don't have time to write about - probably many, many more that God's given me and I just haven't realized yet.
1 comment:
I like your ramblings! I especially identified with the first. I never understood grace like the day I went to court for a speeding ticket. I had to stand before the judge and say, "Guilty, your honor."
I too looked around the room and judged those around me, but I had to realize I am not any better.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. --Isaiah 53:6
I'm also proud of you for working out and for baking!
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