Flat Tire!!!!!!!!!

Who likes a flat tire, let me tell you, no one. The flat tire is the worst thing that can happen to a perfect afternoon or an important meeting across town. I thought the only good thing about a flat was using it to lie about being late to work.

I had a flat tire today and I was not happy. I had it on my truck that I almost never drive. The truck that we use for church camping trips and helping friends move. The truck that has gone downtown every Saturday for the last five weeks to help the homeless. The truck that would have really pissed me off any other time in my life except today.

Today my wonderful wife and I went back downtown to help a couple we met last week. This couple has fallen on hard times and when we got down there they were lying on a small blanket in a little shade given from a brick wall. We cut in on their time together and told them we brought them a few things. We walked out to the truck and chatted a few minutes. We gave them a few items, not much at all really, they didn't ask for much. Shoe laces for his boots, maternity clothes, and maybe an insole for his work shoes is all they asked for. After a few more minutes we jumped back in the truck and drove home.

We pulled in the drive way back home, got out of the truck and we heard the leak. Not a small leak but a major, tire is dying, not going to last five minutes leak. Teri got out and I tried a can of "fix a flat", no luck, it just shot out the hole. I decided i had to change the tire. So I went to work on the dirty job. Teri came out and checked on me a few times, I was just working away. I had a hard time getting the spare down from underneath the back end. I had to check the owners manual that I could not find to get the job done. By this time I should have been really pissed off and complaining up a storm.

John said, "You can tell where you are in the battle by what you complain about" It was the best line of Wild at Heart boot camp this year.

I complain a lot about nothing, but not today, today I thanked God for a Flat Tire, I thanked Him for a home, for a family, for my friends, and for shoe laces.

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