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Subject: This is a great segueway into what I brought to share Author: dori [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 13:08:29 07/23/12 Mon In reply to: Hillbilly 's message, "Gen 46 vss 8-27 Post 209" on 21:02:27 07/22/12 Sun Just askin' Me: God, can I ask you a question? God: Sure. Me: Promise you won't get mad? God: I promise. Me: Why did you let so much stuff happen to me today? God: What do you mean? Me: Well, I woke up late. God: Yes. Me: My car took forever to start. God: Okay. Me: At lunch they made my sandwich wrong and I had to wait. God: Hmmmmmmm Me: On the way home, my phone went dead, just as I picked up a call. God: All right. Me: And on top of it all, when I got home I just wanted to soak my feet in my new foot massager and relax, but it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did you do that? God: Let me see, the Death Angel was at your bed this morning and I had to send one of the other angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that. Me: (humbled): OH... GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road. Me: (ashamed) God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick and I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work. Me: (embarrassed): Ok... God: Your phone went dead because the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered. Me: (softly) I see, God. God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark. Me: I'm sorry, God. God: Don't be sorry, just learn to trust me.....in all things, the good and the bad. Me: I will trust you. God: And don't doubt that my plan for your day is always better than your plan. Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, thank you for everything today. God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God, and I love looking after my children. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> Subject: Ok, Author: Hillbilly [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:21:32 07/23/12 Mon reckon God would tell me why he let me step on that nail today? (grin) A bad day! Started remodeling the laundry room and stepped on a nail. Went out to level the room as it had settled over the 33 yrs since we built. Noticed water dripping from a drain pipe under the laundry room. Had to dig out enough space to let me squeeze under the floor joists in order to cut out the bad pipe and glue in new sections. I am soaking my foot in Peroxide while typing this and reflection on your post. I'm also still mulling Romans 8:28 while soaking my sore foot and resting before trekking up to the garden to get the ripe tomatoes.

[> [> [> Subject: hmmmmmm Author: dori [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:09:24 07/23/12 Mon Just think what might have happened if he hadn't let you step on the nail, HB. You might have dropped something on your foot and broken it. And that leak in the pipe? If you hadn't had that spring up, it might have burst and flooded the whole laundry room. Trust in the Lord in all things. *-) All kidding aside, I'm sorry you had a rough day, Dwight. Tomorrow HAS to be better, right? 8-)

[> [> [> [> Subject: This one WAS better than the last time Author: Hillbilly [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:00:27 07/23/12 Mon Back in the spring I was working on the barn and taking down some boards. One got covered in hay and I stepped on it with the nail sticking up. It went in through my shoe, through my foot and out the top. The board was about 6 or 8 feet long and the nail was on the end. Every time I tried to lift my foot the board would come up with it and cause the nail to work like a pry bar in my foot. Ouch!!! The twins were up there with me and playing with the goats. I called to them and told them I needed them to run down to the house and get Granny as I was on a nail and couldn't get off. I told them to tell Granny to bring heavy scissors to cut my shoe off. They immediately took off on a dead run and after what seemed ages they came back up with Granny and a pair of heavy cutting shears. Dale cut the shoe off my foot and I tried to lift my foot off the nail but the board still tried to come up with the effort. I told Dale to step on the board up close to my foot to hold the board still. I then reached up and grabbed a rafter and pulled myself off. After that it was a trip to the doctor to get it cleaned and a Tetanus shot. Dale told me later that Tirzah had burst through the door squalling and saying: "Pop is stuck on a nail and can't get off. Will he die?" Granny re-assured her this would not be fatal and they both calmed down. They insisted on going to the doctor with me. If this didn't do anything else it gave us all some memories that we will laugh about for a long time.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Good grief!!! Author: dori [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 12:24:05 07/24/12 Tue I'm wincing in pain just reading about it. You keep so much inside you. I don't remember you telling us about this, but I remember when you built the barn for the goats. You probably casually mentioned stepping on a nail--not that it went clean through your shoe AND foot. OUCH!!!

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: No, I didn't mention it. Author: Hillbilly [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:50:46 07/24/12 Tue It was no big deal after I got the nail out. It ached for a while but I didn't take any pain medicine and believe me I would have if it really hurt.

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: You are one tough man.... Author: dori [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 13:42:43 07/25/12 Wed ... that's all I can say. I'm glad you went to the doctor and got the tetanus shot, though. I'll bet that hurt worse than the nail, huh? *-)

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: I do shots pretty well. Author: Hillbilly [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:20:05 07/25/12 Wed Little stick and that's it. One of the funny things about the whole deal was when I got to the minor emergency clinic the nurse was cleaning the wound. I had already explained what had happened and she was cleaning the bottom of my foot around the hole. She worked her way on up to the top of my foot and exclaimed: "Gee, there is a hole here on top too!" DUH!! Tough? Not really. I had to put on a brave and tough face for the twins. ;-)