[Spirit100]

Sometimes we have to think outside the box. Last Friday while driving home my car received two unwelcomed rocks which came off the back of a trailer from a bobcat placing two long cracks in my windshield.

Thank you KY for being a no deductible windshield state. Although I know my insurance monthly rate will see an uptick in cost....it happens and should. So I get a call from the service provider this morning to confirm the appointment to replace the windshield. It rained like all get out in NKY this morning. My garage is used for storage ( it's Mrs. Spirits fault...:eyeroll: ) and we wouldn't be able to use our own garage to do the work.

The moment when common sense and practicality kick in...let's id a location which will meet our needs...a dry place. So I find a local garage under cover to do so and we make arrangements to meet using good communication, cell phones and common sense.....what a concept.

Ofcourse, Murphys law in play, as soon as we meet up the skies turn blue and his phone is ringing off the hook because people want their windshield replaced now....not so fast.

After about an hour I'm happy because my windshield has been replaced and the young man who did the work was aces...the original reason for our meeting. However, in the process our discussion leads to baseball. I could have taken a walk, grabbed a coffee...but no, I listened and something told me to talk about baseball.

I did and what transpired was amazing. My aces guy was blessed and fortunate enough to have a stellar baseball career up to his draft year where he sustained an injury and his walls came tumbling down. It took 7 years to make peace with just going to a MLB game. When we get out the way of Jesus Christ he will kingdom build through us. People pay in upwards of $250 an hour to accomplish what a couple of redneck baseball lovers can do in less than an hour.I tell you that to tell you this. Listen to your heart and the Lord...he speaks to us all day long when we allow ourselves to get out the way. Yes a couple stones kicked up at a windshield allowed for an outstanding kingdom building experience. If "aces" allows himself to do so...he'll be a great baseball coach someday. More importantly in the short term...I helped him make peace with his past and planted some potential seeds for rewarding success in the future.

I got a new windshield and am learning I may be a good teacher at the current crossroads I'm at. Giving all the glory to your God. Thank you for allowing " aces " and I to think outside the box.

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