Thursday, July 27, 2006

They're heeeerrrreeeeee!!!!! Do you remember that movie, Poltergeist? Freaky. If you do remember it you probably wish you could forget it. Of course that movie has absolutely NOTHING to do with this blog entry except for that one line.

Anyway, we are here. We arrived in Memphis Tuesday night and unloaded our trailer. I would say the trip was uneventful but that would not be true. Get this:

I was driving my truck pulling the trailer and Patti and the kids were behind me following. I was driving minding my own business driving across I-40 when we came upon an entrance ramp. In the right lane was a slow moving semi. A car got on the interstate and was obviously Inpatient because she cut over in front of me. I mean she totally cut me off to the point that I had to slam on my brakes so hard that they locked up. Ah nothing like the sound of big ole truck tires squealing at 70mph. Wait; did you forget that I was pulling a trailer? I did too, until I felt it begin to slide around the truck headed for the infamous jack-knife. Somehow [God] I let off brakes just enough, and just in time to correct the trailer and yet not hit this woman who was merely inches from the front of my truck. Yea God! Okay that is kool wanna hear something even more kool? Behind me, remember, was Patti and the kids in the van. Patti also had to lock up her brakes and swerve to keep from hitting me. So what is so kool about that you ask? Well 5 minutes prior to all of this excitement, Phoebe [my 4 year old] said out of the blue, "hey mom, did you know you're gonna hit dad's trailer?" Man! I sure am glad somebody in our family hears form God. Isn't that kool! Man, I love that child like faith. Those child like ears, and that child like love.

God make all of us more child like. Open our ears to hear not only the answers to our own wants desires and needs. But open our ears to hear your heart, your desires and the needs of the Kingdom. Help us to love the unlovable, touch the untouchable, and actually make a difference where we are.

2 comments:

Cyndy Smart said...

24 days! That is all we have left, and let me tell you... I feel like I am 10 years old waiting for Christmas morning! Shana put is great this morning when she said it is like going on your first date. You are all excited, but you stomach is flipping. It is a WOW. We are totally feeling the anticipation here from moving. We decided we like that word better than anxious. And while right now things still seem so far up in the air, I can look back over the last two years of my life and see how God led me right here. Things I didn't do, career choices I shyed away from, even people I didn't date but for a long time wondered what if.
God's will is perfect, God is never late- His timing is always perfect and that is such an awesome and comforting thought!
Can't wait to see you all in Memphis!!

Kristin said...

Ahhh!!! Phoebe!! I didn't know that she was so prophetic. Ask her what God is saying about me... ;)

Sooooo glad that you guys are safe. And that I found the link to your blog. I am going to be a faithful reader, so make it good! :P