Thursday, August 24, 2006

This . . .
I was mowing the yard this evening on my riding mower. The front yard has a few steep places in it and one cliff. I managed to get my vertical a little to horizontal and rolled the mower over. The last time I had battery issues, I disconnected the switch that automatically turns the mower off if you come out of the seat. Not wanting a running mower to wind up on top of me, I jumped and rolled about three times to get out of the way of the mower which ended up upside down and still running with smoke from the oil billowing out everywhere signaling our new neighbors who were out in the yard with their kids and dogs that they had moved in next to an idiot.
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That . . .
I turned the mower off and managed to get it turned back upright as the new neighbors came over to meet me saying, "Are you alright?" which translates, are you stupid?
I answered, "Yes, I'm ok" which translates, yes, you have a stupid neighbor. Glad to meet you, welcome to the neighborhood.
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This is that . . .
I am sure that there is a lesson to be learned . . . something God would like to teach me from this episode of rolling in the grass with my mower. So far I have had no revelation knowledge spring up in my spirit. So help me out. What is the meaning of this real life parable?

5 comments:

tarah said...

I think the parable is really simple: be more careful when you mow the lawn...although there could be some sort of lesson to be learned by being humiliated in front of strangers...at least you didn't lose a limb.

Lee Ann James said...

You and Taylor...so alike. :) I'm glad you weren't too badly hurt...well, except for you pride, that is. Best that the neighbors know the truth about you early, though, right?

Tom Mills said...

Proverbs 26:4

I don't want to end up under a mower so I ain't sayin' nuthin!

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Jerry James said...

So, Tom considers me a fool.
And Lee Ann . . . what is the truth about me?
Am I understanding your sentiment?
I was really looking for encouragement not agreement.
I could have died and you just make jokes.