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If it ain't one thing--it's another
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Dawn Fields
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Jul 03, 2008 10:54 PDT
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It has been quite sometime since I’ve last written an email to this
group. Please except my heart felt apologizes for the lack of articles
on my behalf. I have no excuses for not continuing to do God’s work. All
I ask is that you forgive me and pray God forgives me too.
Life sometimes gets in the way of things. And shame on me cause I should
know better.
When I sent out the email earlier this week, I was touched by the amount
of responses I received from you guys. Some of you reached out to see
how I was doing and showed concerned about my well being. Others wrote
long emails telling me how much they missed the articles and how they
had once inspired them and wish I would continue. And others just wrote
to say HELLO.
I truly appreciate you guys and will do everything in my power to
continue to write and send emails out each week.
So many things have been happening, I have found myself drained and
tired at times and to be totally honest with you—just not inspired to
write. I have always stated that all of my articles are not me but the
Holy Spirit works through me to bring to God’s people what he knows they
need to hear. I usually sit down to write and then the inspiration hits
me.
But over the course of the past few months, whenever I sat down to
write—nothing. No inspiration. No thoughts. Nothing. Then, eventually, I
allowed other things to become more important in my life. But whenever
you make something more important than God’s work, you end up losing it.
SO I’M BACK, BABY BABY!!!! And finishing my course on teaching others
how to develop faith.
Just to give you an update on me—everything is great. Guess what? Erica
and Eli are now 9 and 10 years old. Eli just turned 9 last week and
Erica turned 10 last month. Erica is almost as tall as I am. She’s 5’3”
Eli is right behind her at 5’1”. They just finished school for the
summer and are spending some time at their Grandparent’s house. My
parents just celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary. We are planning
a really huge banquet for them next year when they renew their vows.
Every 25 years they have a vow renewal ceremony. I can’t wait.
OK, enough about me. I trust all is well with you. Hit me back and let
me know how you are all doing. I miss you guys. Show a Sista some
love!!!
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If It Ain’t One Thing—it’s Another
Life can be a bit trying. Don’t ask me why. I have absolutely no idea.
But I do know that it can be, at times, a bit trying on your patience.
At least it’s that way with me and just about everybody else I know.
Ever had one of those times when you just have to say, “if it ain’t one
thing, it’s another.”
Let me give you an example.
My car failed inspection. It failed because the engine light on the dash
board is on, and for some reason, it stays on. When it first came on, I
took it to the car shop to find out what was wrong with it. The mechanic
told me nothing was wrong with the car. There was something wrong with
the censor and the light would probably stay on, but pay no attention to
it.
OK. So, you know me, I paid no attention to it.
But when I went to get the car inspected—THEY PAID ATTENTION TO IT. I
tried to tell them that the mechanic said it was nothing and that we
shouldn’t pay any attention to it. But they weren’t having it.
BIG OL’ RED “REJECTED” STICKER STUCK ON THE FRONT WINDOW.
When your car is rejected, you have 45 days to make the repairs and
bring it back in.
I take the car back to the mechanic and he tells me that he can do
something that will temporarily disable the CHECK ENGINE light so I
could pass inspection. So, he sticks this thing in my cigarette lighter
space in the front, and WAALAA—the CHECK ENGINE light goes out.
The mechanic tells me that I have about a day or two before the light
will come back on so I immediately drive to the Inspection Center.
Now, I recently moved into this area and I’ve never been to the
Inspection Center in my area before. In my old area, when you are
getting your car RE-inspected, you don’t have to wait on the long line.
You just have to show them the repairs, they change the sticker, and you
are on your way.
This place, however, is different. They made me wait on the regular
line, which, by the way, took almost 2 hours (1 hour and 52 minutes to
be exact).
Well, I give them my re-inspection papers and the woman says to me,
“It’s more than 45 days. You have to get re-inspected.” I look at the
paper and count the days. She is right. It’s 46 days. Unbelievable.
Finally, they finish inspecting it and the woman calls me over to the
car. She tells me she has to REJECT the car again because—you know that
little rubber pad that goes on top of the Emergency Brakes, the little
black rubber part?? Well, mine was missing. I NEVER EVER EVEN USE THE
EMERGENCY BRAKES. But she put another REJECTION sticker on my car and I
was livid.
On the way home, I pass a car dealership so I ran inside and purchased
the little black, rubber mat that goes on top of the Emergency Brakes.
But I’m tired and I don’t feel like going back and waiting for 2 hours
again. I’ll just do it sometime tomorrow.
The next day I wake up, go outside, start the car, and pull off— AND THE
CAR IS DRIVING FUNNY. Feels like something is wrong with my tires.
I get out the car, and lo and behold, the front tire is completely FLAT.
And guess what? My jack is in my parent’s garage. (Don’t ask.) They live
2.5 hours away from me. So, I call AAA who takes about an hour to come
out to fix the flat.
Now, I’m tired again and simply don’t feel like spending 2 hours on line
to get the car inspected. I’ll go tomorrow.
The next day, I wake up, get dressed, and go to my car, start it up— and
there is this strange sound I’ve never heard before.
About a minute or two later, the sound goes away. OK. So, I drive off.
I get about a block or two away, and the noise is back. But now it’s
louder than ever. Then something smells like it’s burning, and the car
stops steering. I can’t move the steering wheel.
Thank God I’m right in front of A&P Shopping Plaza. So, I coast the car
into a parking space. But guess what? My cell phone is completely dead
and will take about 10 minutes before it charges up enough for me to use
it.
The A&P Manager allowed me to use their phone to call AAA. Second call
in two days.
Had the car towed to the repair shop—it’s the fan belt and water pump.
$425.
If it ain’t one thing, it’s another.
It’s those types of LIFE ISSUES that can keep us always focusing on the
wrong things. One thing I’ve learned is that life is going to happen.
There is nothing we can do about that. But what we can do is choose how
we allow life to affect us.
I can take this situation and focus on the craziness of it and dwell on
it, and allow it to be a negative influence on the rest of my day, or
week, or month. I could spend every waking second, talking about it to
my friends, my family or anyone who I think might want to listen to me.
Or, I can choose to be positive about the situation and move on. I could
think, “Thank God, if the fan belt and water pump needed to be replaced,
it broke down when I was right in front of A&P and could safely drift
into their parking lot. I could have been on the Parkway, in highway
traffic. That could have been a serious situation. Thank God I have AAA
and didn’t have to worry about how I was going to find a tow truck
company and pay $75 for the tow. Thank God the A&P manager allowed me
to use the phone. (Do you realize how hard it is these days to find a
telephone booth?)
See, even though LIFE was happening all around me, God was watching over
me and protecting me. He protects His children. It’s our responsibility
to look for God in all our situations. We can choose to look at the
negative aspects and dwell on those—which will only bring more negative
things into your life in the long run. Or, we could seek God in our
trails and realize just how much He loves and protect us.
The decision is yours.
Be blessed!
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For those in the US celebrating Independence Day this Friday and
weekend—have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend.
Remember, as always, I’m here for you. If you need help or assistance in
developing your faith or discovering your life’s purpose—simply drop me
a line at da-@dawnfields.com.
You can also pick up a copy of my eBook, How to Develop Your Faith—A
Christian Guide on How to Walk By Faith and Not By Sight at
http://www.dawnfields.com/How_to_Develop_Faith.htm
Be blessed!
Dawn Fields
No God!
No Peace
Know God!
Know Peace!
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