Hi There Cyberspace,
Well, it looks like I’m gonna get blogs done every couple of weeks at least when we haven’t been to schools. I just don’t seem to have it in me to write one every week, I just can’t imagine that people will want to hear what I have to say that often.
Anyway…we start at schools next week!!! I’m very excited! I must admit, I’ve gotten a bit bored these last few weeks, I just haven’t had that much to do.
I did have a bit of excitement yesterday… I had to go to city hall here in Manchester to start the process of getting my car registered in New Hampshire and I had a run in with a meter reader. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m sure they have a tough job, and I’m sure they get argued with a lot, but that does not give them an excuse to not be observant. Manchester has a new system for parking that has done away with regular meters, and you go to the center of the block of parking spaces to a little kiosk to get a receipt to put on your dashboard to show that you paid to park. Well, as I was finishing up at the kiosk (which wouldn’t take my quarters so I had to pay with my debit card) I noticed the meter reader walk past me, from the direction of my car. I was worried that she might have given me a ticket, but thought she must have realized that the car without a receipt might belong to the big guy standing at the kiosk, no such luck.
I got back to my car and saw a $10 parking ticket tucked under the wiper. Since I wasn’t going to stand for this, as I did exactly what I was supposed to, I found the reader and asked her why I got the ticket. She tried to tell me that I had parked, conducted my business and then, when I realized she was giving me a ticket, I went to the kiosk. After she insisted I left my car (which you have to do unless you park right in front of the kiosk) she then told me she didn’t see me at the kiosk. Now, when I try to hide, I usually do a pretty good job, but when I don’t try, I believe the only way I could make myself more obvious would be to walk around with a neon sign over my head and a marching band behind me. I’m 6’ 4” and a big guy, I wasn’t even wearing camouflage so I don’t know how she missed me. But eventually she did void the ticket, but not before I decided I really, strongly dislike the parking system in downtown Manchester.
To move on, God has recently been impressing on my heart that I need to be the same person in private that I am in public. Now it’s not like when people aren’t around I go out and set things on fire or boo the president, but I always want to be a genuine person and I want to honor God in everything I do, and that doesn’t always happen in my private life. Luke 12:2,3 tells us
“There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.”
I know that God is always near and can always see what I think and do, the question is…does that convict or comfort me?
Have a great day!
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2 comments:
What's worse about the new parking system, is that it doesn't report how much time is left on a space.
Back in the good ol' days you found a spot that somebody left 45 minutes on, and you enjoyed that 45 minutes. Now people can over-pay by hours at a time, and leave, and the next person has to start from scratch. They can collect 500 hours worth of cash for one spot in 24 hours.
That's parkinglot robbery!
-Robbie f
Ugh. How awful. I don't know which is worse--cops who are rude and lie to cover up mistakes, or parking enforcers who do the same thing. Well, I guess cops are worse because they can throw you in jail, but the parking enforcers are more pathetic.
I think Robbie F. nailed the motivation behind the new parking system (although being able to use a debit card instead of needing change is a plus for drivers).
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