Category Archives: God

Sunday Morning (1999 Project)

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This is how it starts…

Not a bad way to spend the day if there’s a favorable outcome.

8:00 AM: I’m starting off the day trying to figure the problem out with the truck and these spark plugs. And I may have found the problem. I think it’s the wrong set of plugs. You’d think the guy at the counter would have some knowledge as to what he’s selling you but I’ve trusted too much in that. It would seem he’s wrong.

(Further on I’ll be talking about O’Reilly’s. I didn’t get the bad plugs from there. – Credit where credit is due.)

I’ll be taking off to the parts place with a little more knowledge this time and the manual and truck info to back me up.

But first, church.

12:19 PM

I’m at O’Reilly Auto Parts and my man Chuck here confirmed part of a problem. I was sold single platinum plugs instead of double platinum plugs at the other parts place. The plug in five split and is causing misfire. These plugs couldn’t handle the workload.

We may be onto something…

1:00 PM: I got back home, stepped out of the car and directly to the truck. I went to work on replacing the plugs.

The Usual Suspects

I started at one and went to six. I didn’t pull a wire until I had the previous one gap checked, greased and seated. That fifth cylinder misfire was because of these old plugs. That would be number five in the lineup pictured above. Absolutely the wrong equipment for the application.

2:14 PM: After about an hour I was back on the road but it wasn’t all rainbows and roses, no. The battery had died and a cell had went bad so I was off to another O’Reilly’s to see about a new battery.

The truck isn’t cutting back like it was and no check engine light. No misfire. This, for me, is huge! I love my truck but it has to be usable to stick around.

At this point I was only into this little adventure for blood, sweat, and $32.00 USD. I was dreading having to shell out for a new battery. They aren’t outrageous but they aren’t cheap either. And this battery was only a year old.

Mr. Gene

But then I guess there was a bit of β€œwhiskers on kittensβ€œ. Turns out the battery I bought a year ago was under a two year warranty at O’Reilly’s. Those fellas helped me out big time to day.

A BIG SHOUT OUT to O’Reilly’s and to their employees. Gene and Jim in Camden, SC and Chuck in Lancaster, SC. They were super helpful and knowledgeable today.

And also, I’m thanking God. It’s getting hot and there’s no air in the Escape. The Ranger has super cold air. I prayed over the truck last night hoping that this was the problem. I needed it and it was granted. So thank you Lord for the hands and mind to work the problem and the grace to let this happen.

5:50 PM: I haven’t eaten all day. I was all about getting this done. And now it’s almost supper time.

Time to shower, eat, and relax. Tomorrow’s Monday.

And it’s gonna be a great day!

That’s it. That’s the post.

Seegars

In My Way

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I woke up at 4:30 AM today. I couldn’t sleep anymore. I was exhausted last night and crashed a little after ten.

I was dreading today. I really wanted to just call in and do it tomorrow. But then I’d have to give up my Saturday, and that just won’t do.

So I made the coffee and was sitting there reading through a few things wishing I’d set a camera up for nightlapse because of the Lyrids meteor shower and getting ready for the day.

When you don’t want to go, you make yourself go.

God puts things and people in your way.

By in your way I don’t mean that as necessarily a bad thing.

Sometimes it’s a hurdle to get over. Sometimes it’s someone who is kind to you.

Sometimes it’s just a thing. A thing you need at the moment.

I was driving along the same road I use most everyday to get to my first stop. Doing my windshield time. I can do this drive with my eyes closed. And I looked up and saw this.

At first I thought it was part of the Lyrids. I found out later from the wife that it was so much cooler. It was the SpaceX launch this morning.

This brought a huge grin to my face. I needed to be right there, right then.

I needed to see this this morning, to capture it, to make my morning better. To make my whole day better.

And it did.

That’s it. That’s the post.

Seegars

Everything

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They say that everything is in the Bible. I was searching for the rest of a passage from someone I follow on social media tonight and as I was flipping I stopped on Habakkuk for a moment and read 1: 1-4.

There’s a lot of truth to this. This reaches across time from one believer to another. It is moving.

That’s it. That’s the post.

Seegars

Another Day, Another Storm

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We had a severe thunderstorm warning here today. There was a possibility of tornadoes, again. The wind got up and it rained a bit.

The storm passed to one side of our location.

On the plus side the new weather radio worked like a charm.

I’ve mentioned on here before about the tornado that passed over our home last year. I get nervous when we have severe weather. It’s just a little bit of PTSD from the aforementioned storm last year.

I’ve gotten better. I’m prepared for what might happen. And that’s what I can do.

Because, in reality, there isn’t a thing I can do about the storm itself. I have no control. I’m just a man.

I can pray.

I can trust God to get me through them.

To protect my home and my family. And to help us through what comes next.

And that’s all there is.

Faith.

That’s it. That’s the post.

Seegars

Storm Day

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We had a little bit of everything except snow today. Also, no tornadoes, although the conditions were favorable.

Severe weather alerts all day had me a little stressed but like I wrote yesterday I had a nice calm about me.

I would say we’re lucky but I know that we are infinitely blessed. There’s nothing I can control about bad weather. I’m just a man.

Somebody else has their hand on me. Guiding and protecting me.

I’m so very grateful and thankful that is so.

That’s it. That’s the post.

Seegars

Calmed Before The Storm

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We’re about to have some severe weather here in the southeastern United States. I have been nervous about storms since last year when a tornado passed over (thank God) our home.

This morning I’m stressing out about the storms coming driving to work and I’m thinking.

I read that you don’t pray for God to stop the storm, you pray for him to help you get through the storm.

And then in my head pops, β€œSufficient for the day are it’s own troubles.” I can’t remember chapter and verse, but that’s Bible. It wasn’t just a thought. It was like it was spoken to me but I could only hear it in my head.

Y’all, this tingle hit the back of my head and ran down my spine and I can only describe it as something touched me. I’m concerned about the storms coming, but I have a calm that has just descended on me.

I think He spoke to me and comforted me this morning.

It’s the only way I can describe it.

It was spiritual.

Prayers for our area are welcome.

That’s it. That’s the post.

Seegars

I don’t know what may happen in the next couple of days, do we ever? I may not be able to post.

But then, anything could happen at any time. I could die today in an accident. And there wouldn’t be anything marking my passing here in this blog. It would be another blog that just stopped.

And that’s not this blog. I post every day. I’ll be back. Unless I can’t come back at all.

Just had to get that bit outta my head.