If your shoe is in a knot....

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My former boss at the Air Guard passed away last summer.  It was kind of sad for me because we'd lost touch over the years.  It happens.  It's also why I like Facebook because I have friends I don't see much anymore because of time and happenstance but I do still care about them.  I honestly know every person who is a Facebook friend.  Anyway, my boss taught me many things; he taught me to be a good airplane mechanic.  I used to tell folks in fact that I wasn't the best...but I worked for the best.  He also taught me this little ditty that I never forgot.

"If your shoe is in a knot, patience can untie it.  Patience can do many things.  Have you ever tried it?"

As I said, I never forgot it.

I can't sleep.  I don't know why.  OK, I won't say why.  I have a pretty good idea why.  Someone shook my snow globe again.  I don't know the who, the how, the what, the when, or the why.  But someone did.  That much I know.

Today's theme is patience.  My phone told me so when it decided I needed to see a patience Facebook meme.  I saw a bunch of them.  I even saw some guys talking about patience on a real estate show I had to turn off just a few minutes ago.  Patience isn't something I like to use.  It's something I won't ask God for.  If I ask for it, not only will He give it to me; He will make me use it.

He's gonna make me use it even though I didn't ask for it.

The aforementioned Facebook meme said something about patience being the settled fact we're not in control.  I'm not in control.  If I was, I'd know who shook up my snow globe and why.



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