Just Go! Walk!

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 Heavenly Father,

i know You watched over me this morning as i came very close to getting struck by a car.  If it had been a driver on his cell phone or a driver lighting up a joint, i would have been done for.  i know i didn't want to be put in an inconvenient position of being laid up in a hospital room or confined to bed at the MotorMouth Motel with its noise and air pollution, so i'm grateful to You for that.  My only hope is that if i am to get hit by yet another vehicle, may i go from being thrown onto the asphalt and right into my heavenly home in the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ?  Amen

i also know that i need to start adjusting and stop complained; You've made that clear to me because i'm not getting stressed out like i have been before, and You deserve the glory for You've arranged various circumstances in my life in a way that i don't need to be so bothered by the enemy.  i can adjust my seating on the bus and at the library.  i can easily come up with the solution to ward off noise and air pollution at the MotorMouth Motel.

Regardless of any circumstances, i'll find a way to take a nice long dip into Your Word; and with my angels You've assigned to me, we will conquer and trample on scorpions and serpents.  Amen

i might as well concentrate on pleasing God because i'm never going to please people.  Someone must've gotten upset because he had to park in line at Dunkin' Donuts.  He was older than me--at least he looked it--and he was driving in the company truck working for that company with the clever name, grumpy about having to wait to get his coffee and grumpy about seeing me exercising while he had to go to work. 

Just Go!  Walk!

People are unhappy about being at work, they're even more unhappy during the morning commute anticipating what their days are going to be like.  Maybe i should stay retired just a little bit longer.

For do I now persuade men, or God?  Or do I seek to please men?  For if i still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ--[Galatians 1:10] When it comes to some popularity contest, i wouldn't even rank myself.

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