Heavy Duty
I drive a 1997 Ford F250. A heavy duty Ford F250; so says the placard on either side of the front fender. Those words kind of gripped me this morning when I pulled into the driveway after Bible study.
Sometimes the path I walk seems to be more than I can bear. Today is one of those days. Notice I didn't say was... it still is.
But there's a reason for the season of life I'm in and it's making me stronger; physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
A Ford F250 Heavy Duty is kind of an unusual pickup truck. They were made at the end of the production run for that particular body style and were kind of engineered around a plethora of spare parts Ford found themselves with. They put the trucks together with this and that from parts that normally went on other models and called them "heavy duty". Mine has a camper package on it which means there's an extra leaf in the leaf springs on the rear and different shocks.
It's made Ford tough.
I'm made God tough.
God does that by making things tough.
Granted, my problems are often self imposed....Cindy, finances, etc.... but some are caused by others; unintentionally sometimes. Other times, I wonder. But add them up and I'm a lot tougher than I used to be.
A year ago I hurt my back. I live with pain. And tingling that sometimes turns to numbness. I run out of me far before my list of everything that needs done; often to the point that the stuff others want me to do gets put in front of stuff that I need to do. I was so appreciative this morning to hear these words:
"Let somebody else do it."
Thank you. I will. I am at the end of my rope.
So much so, that when this current project at work is done, I'm taking some days off. Me and the tent are going for a ride. I'll tell you where when I get back.
I'm leaving the phone.
My roommate is the latest person to join the Pokemon craze and we had a bit of discussion about why people are so negative about it. I guess for me, it's because I look around and see what needs to be done around here. Chase Pokemon? Heck, I don't have time to weed the front flower bed.
That's the thing with priorities, though. I guess that what's important to me isn't important to someone else.
My input to the discussion about Pokemon was simply this: I used a verse of Scripture from 1 Corinthians 13 which talks about love. I think there's a time when adults need to put childish things behind them. Hey if you have the time, feel free to chase Pokemon. Unless you're being stupid, going to places where you shouldn't, and annoying the hell out of people. Or doing it on company time.
My roommate disagreed with me using that verse of Scripture out of context of the whole chapter, and I agree about cherry picking Scripture. In this case though, I think it applied perfectly. He came back with this big, etherial argument of how it didn't apply in the context of the discussion.
My reply: Not really.
I look at my life in the context of what is childish today. Because I don't have the luxury of being childish. I have to prioritize what I do and when I do it. Right now, I'm hoping that a mechanical device is going to function properly. So far, so good. But it's been weird like that this week. What hasn't worked now does. Like my computer.
Which is why you're reading this blog.
Heavy Duty. We need some men that can do battle. My armor is dented, rusted, and scarred. We haven't seen new and shiny for about a while around here. What is new and shiny to me is often someone else's old and busted. Hey, grateful to have what I do.
I'm thankful today that God gives me what He does. Maybe not always in the moment grateful, but thankful in all circumstances. And then too, I get what I need, and today it was a story about God showing up just in time with a story of how He ordered circumstances in someone else's life to make a miracle for them.
God's good that way.
And on the day my season is appointed to change, I imagine it'll be just like that.
Add to the list of things I'm grateful today for, the things that didn't used to work that do now. I'm able to use what I have to do what I need.
And when I get some time, it'll be time to fence off the yard. That seems to be important for some reason.
Sometimes the path I walk seems to be more than I can bear. Today is one of those days. Notice I didn't say was... it still is.
But there's a reason for the season of life I'm in and it's making me stronger; physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
A Ford F250 Heavy Duty is kind of an unusual pickup truck. They were made at the end of the production run for that particular body style and were kind of engineered around a plethora of spare parts Ford found themselves with. They put the trucks together with this and that from parts that normally went on other models and called them "heavy duty". Mine has a camper package on it which means there's an extra leaf in the leaf springs on the rear and different shocks.
It's made Ford tough.
I'm made God tough.
God does that by making things tough.
Granted, my problems are often self imposed....Cindy, finances, etc.... but some are caused by others; unintentionally sometimes. Other times, I wonder. But add them up and I'm a lot tougher than I used to be.
A year ago I hurt my back. I live with pain. And tingling that sometimes turns to numbness. I run out of me far before my list of everything that needs done; often to the point that the stuff others want me to do gets put in front of stuff that I need to do. I was so appreciative this morning to hear these words:
"Let somebody else do it."
Thank you. I will. I am at the end of my rope.
So much so, that when this current project at work is done, I'm taking some days off. Me and the tent are going for a ride. I'll tell you where when I get back.
I'm leaving the phone.
My roommate is the latest person to join the Pokemon craze and we had a bit of discussion about why people are so negative about it. I guess for me, it's because I look around and see what needs to be done around here. Chase Pokemon? Heck, I don't have time to weed the front flower bed.
That's the thing with priorities, though. I guess that what's important to me isn't important to someone else.
My input to the discussion about Pokemon was simply this: I used a verse of Scripture from 1 Corinthians 13 which talks about love. I think there's a time when adults need to put childish things behind them. Hey if you have the time, feel free to chase Pokemon. Unless you're being stupid, going to places where you shouldn't, and annoying the hell out of people. Or doing it on company time.
My roommate disagreed with me using that verse of Scripture out of context of the whole chapter, and I agree about cherry picking Scripture. In this case though, I think it applied perfectly. He came back with this big, etherial argument of how it didn't apply in the context of the discussion.
My reply: Not really.
I look at my life in the context of what is childish today. Because I don't have the luxury of being childish. I have to prioritize what I do and when I do it. Right now, I'm hoping that a mechanical device is going to function properly. So far, so good. But it's been weird like that this week. What hasn't worked now does. Like my computer.
Which is why you're reading this blog.
Heavy Duty. We need some men that can do battle. My armor is dented, rusted, and scarred. We haven't seen new and shiny for about a while around here. What is new and shiny to me is often someone else's old and busted. Hey, grateful to have what I do.
I'm thankful today that God gives me what He does. Maybe not always in the moment grateful, but thankful in all circumstances. And then too, I get what I need, and today it was a story about God showing up just in time with a story of how He ordered circumstances in someone else's life to make a miracle for them.
God's good that way.
And on the day my season is appointed to change, I imagine it'll be just like that.
Add to the list of things I'm grateful today for, the things that didn't used to work that do now. I'm able to use what I have to do what I need.
And when I get some time, it'll be time to fence off the yard. That seems to be important for some reason.
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