JACQ TALK

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It has been many years since I have gotten pulled over, much less a ticket but within the last month, I have gotten 3. You read that right, 3! The reason I wanted to share that with you is because I truly believe that it is the Lord telling me that I need to slow down in general, in life.

The first ticket I got was 32 in a 25. It was in a school zone right in front of the elementary school downtown. I was in between two other cars going the same speed, but I was the first to turn in to my son’s pre-k across the street where the cop was sitting. I had my son’s friends waving at me while I was getting a ticket and yes, it was a deserved ticket. I know better.

A week later, I was in the same spot, but further ahead. The speed limit right before you get to the yellow flashing lights is 35. As soon as I got through the yellow lights, I slowed down, but apparently you’re supposed to be at 25 when you “hit” the yellow lights. I did not know that, but again, my fault. Same cop, same ticket.

A few days later, I was driving down the road on my phone talking to Nora about plans. Silas was sitting in the backseat and told me that I shouldn’t be on my phone and that I could get in an accident or hit somebody. I remember specifically asking him if he saw a video or something on that because the way he explained the dangers to me sounded super mature for his age. He said, it was his brain that told him.

I know, I know, common sense, right! ☺️

Two days later, which was two days ago, I was driving to a doctors appointment. I was sitting at a stoplight on my phone, on speaker, holding it in my hand, trying to find out where in the building the doctor’s office was. I was on hold when the light turned green. I went through the light while still holding my phone and immediately got pulled over. The police officer said that he sat there, watched me and waited to see if I would put my phone down when the light turned green but I didn’t. Needless to say I was late to my appointment.

With all that said, I’m legit in and out of my driveway 50 times a day. Taking kids and picking kids up from three different schools, going grocery shopping, dropping off forgotten lunches, running to dentist appointments and everything in between. Life is just so jammed packed with stuff so while I’m driving (or should I say parents in general) we also have 100 other things on our minds like whether or not we signed that permission slip, did we cancel that appointment? What’s for dinner? Are the clothes in the dryer wet? Did I remember to put water in the dog bowls? Etc, etc! Our minds are typically all over the place and I definitely had that feeling in my soul that I needed to slow down and pay more attention to my surroundings. Especially now with the nice weather!! There are so many people out walking their dogs, kids riding their bikes down the sidewalks, people just out and about in general. We need to pay more attention!

So finally today, as I was driving Silas to school, we were silent, soaking it all in and he says out of the blue, “Oh I remember who told me the other day about you putting down your phone. It was Jesus. He’s the one that told me.” Truly, he was just so matter of fact and I believe him with every bit of my heart because I too was being nudged even before these 3 tickets. This is how we are spoken to. God warns us over and over again and because of His grace, I have been warned in this way and not in some other completely avoidable tragedy. 🙏🏼

Bottom line, we ALL need to just slow down, sit back and enjoy the ride 💞

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