I’mLATEI’mLATEI”mLATE!!!!
MOVEMOVEMOVE!!!!
GOGOGOGO!!!!
::: see a cop car at the last second :::
oh … dang it!
I looked in my review mirror and thought, “oh no, please don’t pull me over … please don’t … he’s going to and I deserve it … ” and that’s when the red/blue/and flashing lights went off on top of the police car behind me.
I pull over to the side, roll down the window, turn the car off and get everything ready as the officer walks forward.
“I need to see your driver’s license, proof of insurance and valid registration please.” I hand him the information. “Sir, do you have any idea of why I pulled you over?”
I stammer, “Umm… welll… ummm… maybe umm it’s because I was … you know driving a liiittttlllle too fast?” He was nodding his head vigorously. I am not exaggerating … it was a little much. “Yes sir you were driving too fast. Do you know what the speed limit is through here?” I honestly couldn’t remember at that moment. It’s a little side-street through the park on my way to get to the place that cuts my hair. i said, “No, I actually don’t.” He said, “I got you doing 26 in a 15 mph zone.”
I said “oh…” but inside I was like, “Dang, if I get a ticket for such a puny little 26 mph that isn’t even a school zone … ok I might have run over some ducks but come on … if I am going to have to pay through the nose and get “points” against my drivers license at least it could have been more exciting and involving wide open highways.”
Of course there aren’t any of those in Florida ::: grrr :::
So, the police officer ran my plates and said stuff about safety and how an infraction of 11 mph over would be about $180 and 3 points against my drivers license but he was only going to give me a verbal warning.
::: BIG grin :::
I was genuinely very grateful. I have never been given a verbal warning before. Since I have been a Christian I have only had one Fast Driving Award that I totally earned and that was 8 or 9 years ago in Texas. Before being a Christian it wasn’t like I was racking up tickets but I had quite a few in my late teens and early early twenties.
Oh, and I don’t know that being a “Christian” made me supernaturally blessed or anything but maybe indirectly it helped slow me down to a more reasonable pace (in all of life.)
Well, except for today when i was late for my haircut :).
You wanna’ hear something else that’s funny? I got a “word” from a man I truly believe is “prophetic.” This man comes to my church with two others to minister to us and he and I have only talked twice and both have been him giving me a “word.” For non-Christian and maybe even a few Christians, what I mean by that is that God will speak through others to bring edification and blessing to The Body of Christ through supernatural “words” of knowledge and/or prophecy. It’s not the crazy kind of stuff you see on TV… its powerful but not … hocus pocus psychic stuff. The first “word” this man brought to me rocked my world and called out something that would change my life. i might share more of that at a later date.
But this time around, last Saturday night, He said that the Lord was saying that I am too impatient and need to learn to go with the flow and be content. His example? His example was that what he “saw” in me was that I was like an impatient driver. He said I should just turn up the music and relax. My friends chuckled because I love loud music in my car.
::: roll eyes ::: I mean come on?! Just because I think my microwave cooks too slow doesn’t mean I am impatient.
Tonight I went and hung out with dear friends and even more friends met us as they were driving through town. It’s not real close to my house but … I rolled down all the windows to let in the great dry air, turned up my music and … went the speed limit. 
Even in all this mundane stuff I think God is trying to get my attention and telling me to slow down and be content :). Does this mean that I have now had two verbal warnings?
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