It started with my trip to the office. We have a kamakazi squirrel on our street. There he sat in the middle of the opposite lane on my road, starring me down. I looked at the little dickens, just sitting there. Don't you dare run out in front of me. Stare down with a squirrel, not sure who won, but it was definitely weird, as this little guy didn't run out in front of me. He waited until I was right next to him and, no, he didn't run, he lept from his perch on the yellow line right into the side of my car - splat! Oh no, I expected to look out my window and see knocked out squirrel lying there, and I wasn't about to give him mouth to mouth! Instead what I saw was this ornery little rodent do a perfect back flip off my car door and land standing on his back feet. He just sat there and looked at me like he was saying "why did you do that?". Just shook my head and headed on to the office. Little did I know that the rest of the day probably left God holding his sides laughing and me just shaking my head amazed at what was going on around me.
So, I traveled on. I'm driving through beautiful downtown Austell, Georgia at the required 35 MPH (you don't dare do 35.5 because you WILL get a ticket). What to my wondering eyes should appear, but a gentleman walking down the middle of Veteran's Memorial Highway pushing a vacuum cleaner. Okay, well then, that was different. Not a daily happening! Two blocks down the road, and low and behold, I have yet another eye-opener as a rather large man on a motorcycle pulls out of the side street. Not unusual you say. Just wait, it gets better. His helmet has a set of longhorn steer horns protruding out each side of his helmet nearly a foot in each direction. Okay, maybe I need a cup of coffee. Surely, I am dreaming all of this. Couldn't be that lucky.
Since I'm sporting a screaming back, I only worked long enough to tackle the phone messages, send the emails and do the banking. The latter was to be my fourth unusual experience for the day. Pulled into the drive thru at the bank at 9:25. Popped the deposit into the shush shush tube and was promptly greeted by the teller with a hello and be right with you. (At this moment, I would like you to hum the Jeopardy theme in your head as you read on). Three minutes pass, then five. Not a teller in sight, then all of a sudden, I see three of them, and for some reason, they are ALL counting and banding money. But where is my deposit? Doesn't seem to be in any of their hands, and further more, there aren't any other customers in the lobby or the drive thru. Okay, BUZZ, BUZZ. "Yes, may I help you?" "I've been sitting out her now for 10 minutes. I am your only customer, where is the deposit for my employer?" "Oh, they are still working on it!" "What, are you kidding me. It was 3 checks and they were all endorsed properly." "Sorry, sorry. It will be right out." So, 15 minutes later, I got a receipt for the office deposit, attitude and no explanation.
My first thought was threes, it's the rule of threes, but I was already beyond that. Good, well at least maybe we are done with the weird stuff for the day. Monday on Tuesday. Breathe easier. Should be smooth sailing from here, except for my aching back. I should be so lucky. I should only be so lucky.
We are going to change that weirdness rule to fours and maybe even fives or more! Ever been in the middle of a high speed car chase? It's fun, let me tell you. Blue lights, sirens, police vehicles turning corners on two wheels, blocked streets. Funny thing about this police chase, we didn't see a car with bad guys that was being chased. Kinda weird, don't you think! So, my #1 son and I are thinking, maybe we'll just take a different route to his bank. Now, we are changing it to the rule of of Fives or more because it is getting stranger by the moment. We round the corner to use our favorite neighborhood shortcut, and low and behold, there are more police cars of every description, blue lights, etc, sitting on curbs, blocking streets, policeman waving people on as the look in their passing cars. Okay, this is just beyond weird. As we approach the bank entrance, we realize that all of the lanes are closed, so maybe, just maybe, the bank got robbed or something, so we decided to pursue a different branch. Not in the mood to be caught in the crossfire today!
We did finally make it safely to another location, without police cars, longhorn helmets and mobile vacuum cleaners. On our journey back home, we again encountered the blue lights and car checks, so this time, me being me, I pulled up and smiling at the nice police officer, sweetly asked "what's going on? Is there any need to be concerned for our personal safety?" "No ma'am, not at all, just a jewelry heist and we think the thieves are back in this neighborhood somewhere." Gee, nice to know it wasn't an ax murderer or something. I had no idea that there were that many blue lights in my county.
So, my strange sequence of events has so far ended at 5+ for the day. However, it's only 3:45. Who knows! But I want to turn back to not the rule of threes, but the Power of Threes, and that would be the Trinity - the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Three Persons that make up One God. I take them with me where ever I go, and call on Them most definitely, in every situation, but most especially in times of great need or fear or simply when things get a little weird, like today. However, it's not just about asking for help, it's also about giving praise and saying thanks, and I have a lot of that to do, especially after the wonderful weekend that we just had celebrating my Daddy's 80th.
Life is made up of all kinds of situations, from the sublime, to the beautiful, to the magical, to the miraculous, and yes, to the weird. They all kind of lump together in our lives to make each day an experience for us. We just don't know what those experiences are going to be though, until they happen. Only God does. Today, I think He decided to make my day a little more interesting. He has such a wonderful sense of humor. Let me tell you, He succeeded as He does with everything that He does. So, here's praise and thank you's for the miracle of the weekend, the wonderful time we had sharing with family and friends and little ones, and for the series of events, that have so far today, been quite entertaining! Praise Be To God! He is GOOD, VERY GOOD, ALL THE TIME!
Smiling over my aching back and treasuring my "moments", be blessed, be the miracle!
As always, In His Glory!
K
