Faster than I can fix it
Stuff breaks. I get that. But hoo, boy.....it's been happening with a lot of regularity around here lately. The coffee pot won't drip a full pot. The shower head leaks. The handle to the lawnmower snapped off in my hand, in mid turn. The belt on the carpet cleaner is shot. And the list goes on and on. Hey, things happen, and I'm grateful for getting the use out of it that I've had, but it just feels like there's been a full-on assault on the checkbook lately. And that's not the only assault. I'm marching toward something. That something involves a person, and I know it doesn't make any sense. But still, I don't see another path. I do see, though, lots of opportunities lately to take the wrong path, and that has me worried as well. I've been with the wrong person before. It was not a pleasant experience to have God intervene in that situation, all three times. The last time wasn't my fault, and the minute she kissed me...