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| "COLD KEYS/LUKEWARM MIND" |
| This morning as I arrived to my first appointment it was still bitter cold. My asthma was kicking up and in a flurry of coat, gloves, and bag I put my keys on the top of the car. My coordination has been slipping year by year (not to mention my memory - or just my mind in general) so I thought there they are in plan sight so I'll just grab my package first. With my right hand full, I flailed my left hand up to the keys and almost got them. Instead they gently slid off the roof of the car right into the door jam of the rear driver's side door. "How odd," I thought, "This has never happened to me before." The convenience of having the keys in plain site now paled next this new complication. I put my stuff down on the rear seat. "Hhmmmmm.... I wonder..." I wiggled the door jam, the keys slid down further. I peered down the crack, it was still dawn and hard to see. Did I mention my night vision isn't so good either? Finally I discerned that of my four keys, two were pointed upward under tension against a weld joint while the other two were facing further into the crack. "This is crazy! Stupid! What kind of person would design a car where this could happen!" I toyed with the idea of forcing the car door back and forth until the keys dropped out but the resulting mass of spaghetti wouldn't restart my car. Probably wouldn't unlock my home later either. "Wait! I'll use my mini leatherman. I always carry it with me for exactly things like this. In fact, it's so important I use it..as...a...key chain. Oh." Being the heaviest part the chain, it went into the crack first. "Hmmmm..." "All right. No more messing around, I'm pulling out all the stops. I'm going to start thinkin." Actually this wasn't true. After thinking, there's frustration, then desperation, then the prayer station. Might be faster if I prayed first but then, I wasn't even thinkin at that point. God was gracious however, I found one of those handy little screwdrivers that they always give out at trade shows in my bag and went to work. After fiddling for about thirty seconds they miraculously popped out. I grabbed my cold keys, coughed twice, and went into the building. I even forgot to thank God. I'm thanking Him now. Also, I've decided to go back to my old system of putting my keys in my pocket. Enjoy your day and don't forget to pray...first. BY DAVID LOOMIS COPYRIGHT 2000 |
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