I have a confession to make...

01.31.05 (7:42 pm)

I have a lead foot when I drive. Please don’t get me wrong, I am not proud of such a thing, and I always try to drive the speed limited. But get me on open road, and in no time I am doing 80 when the speed limit is 65. But I am a careful driver. I had not gotten a ticket in my whole 12 years of driving. I mean I gotten pull over. Like the time that my headlight was out. I knew it was out. And I told my husband that it was out. But it didn’t get fixed. (That’s what I get for marrying a mechanic.) Until I got caught driving when it was dark and I had no choice to but to turn on my headlights. I was trying to get home before it was dark, but I had lost track of time. So sure enough, just when I thought I was in the clear, 3 blocks away from my house. I got pulled over. As the officer got to my window, he asked if I knew if my headlight was out. I told him I did, but my husband hadn’t gotten around to fixing it! (What did you think that I was going to lie?) Well the officer had a surprise looked on his face (I am sure that is an excuse he never heard of before) ran my license, and told me to get the headlight fixed. I told him I would. Came home and told my husband what happen, after he laughed, he proceed to go down that night to fix it. And that took care of that problem. But as a Christian, do you ever think who is watching you when you least expect it? And what are you telling them about yourself? I got really blessed when the opportunity came for me to go to Missionary school for 5 months, and then got to go way down south in Mexico to practice what I was taught. http://www.horizonsd.org/scho... In this school I got to learn the culture of Mexico. What are their turn offs, what it takes to get their respect for me and my fellow classmates to be able to ministry to them and their needs. And the really cool part is we were invited to go to many churches and lead a service. It was there, that I learn what Titus 2:7-8 was talking about. "Titus 2:7 And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good deeds of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching. 8 Let your teaching be so correct that it can't be criticized. Then those who want to argue will be ashamed because they won't have anything bad to say about us." It was at one of these church services that I saw it. A little girl who looked to be about 7 or 8 years old. Watching one of my sisters in the Lord, worshiping God. The little girl was imitating my sister as she was worshiping. Lifting her arms up to worship God. The little girl was even trying to keep up as my sister was doing sign language with her singing to God. The little girl saw a woman of God, and it was priceless. It was beautiful thing to watch. The old teaching the young and not even realizing what was taking place. But my Father did, and with that I am to be ever so more careful of my every day actions. How I live my relationship with God. So as if others are watching, I that I may not help them stumble, but instead teach them of what is right. As far as my driving, I am trying to be more considered of it, watching my speed when I see the open road and the need to speed. Meanwhile, please don’t look at my driving, and if you happen to see me drive out on California freeways, and I drive past you, don’t look at what I am doing wrong, instead pray for me. As I am still under construction!

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