The Rest of the Story....Blessings....

As most folks who know me, know...I can totally identify, with the 'Mad Hatter'... {I'm sure, we are 'kin', somewhere...I, also, wear my emotions, very, very close to the surface...ah... like a 'Mood Ring'...} I have eluded to the fact, I'm docile, 'til provoked...'Right is Right'... after all... The ones, in my life, that can bring me to my knees, are the ones I love, the most... and that is a very long list... { I admire, respect and love, so many... well... it brings tears to my eyes, just thinking about them... { 4 legged folk, finned and feathered too...}{ many have no clue, how much they are loved...} I do my best, to do what is Fair, Right, and... Respectful....When folks are blatantly, disrespectful...well...{ As Peg{ The Mad March Hare} would say...{ they are one, and the same... you know} "Ooooh Booooy..." { thankfully, no one,{ or, very few} really close to me, have ever seen this 'Mad Hatter' side... why? you ask...well... RESPECT.... They treat me, like I treat them... No worries... So... here is the 'Rest of the Story'...Oh my... I was on the road, Tuesday, very early... Making deliveries.. It was a wonderful day... My last stop,{ around 10:00 a.m., was at the Lovely Store, 'Fern Hill' in the Village of South Amana... I visited with Steph, and Pattie, it was so great... We always seem to bring God into our work, and the Angels are right there with us...{ some with 2x4's... that comes later...} As I was headed home, I drove by, my favorite Amana Home...{ a house, that I have told everyone, riding with, over the years..."this is my favorite house... it calls to me, every time I pass...} What do I see... Piles of old chairs, a wonderful old cupboard, and all sorts of gnarly old, old stuff, strewn on the lawn...I had appointments, and a trip to Marion, to make... so, I drove on... about 2 miles... a little voice in my head, said..."Turn this Truck around... Stupid!" { 'stupid' came a few miles later...} So... I turned the truck around... Drove up, the long lane... knocked on the old screen door...{I could hear someone... very close... within a few feet of the door... maybe an animal...shuffling around} I yelled..."Hello"... nothing... I kept knocking... { I was on a mission...} Finally, I heard a voice... a familiar voice....I saw a shadow, of a woman... She stood inside...and we talked through the screen, I couldn't make out who she was... then after a few moments, she walked out the door... I recognized her... and gave her a Big Hug...I haven't seen her, for many, many years...She used to stop in at my store... years ago... She had been so down and out... her home, was, well, in trouble... we walked from the porch, into a shady spot ... we pulled up a couple of old, plank seat chairs, from the pile... and she began to tell me, about the last 10 years... oh my... I sat there and wept... for joy... Tho, times had been so incredibly difficult for her, the people who have come in, and helped her, are Angels... and she knows it... She has found God... It was the most wonderful visit...Something, I will Never forget... The 'Rest of the Story", Well... I won't forget, either... After I left the wonderful Old Amana Home, of my old Friend... I was full of 'bliss'... all was right with the world....... until I got to the 4 way sign, in Amana... {about 3 miles...} I stopped, and the guy facing me stopped... and the guy to my left, stopped... all about the same time... The guy facing me, was turning left... I was turning left, so, I pulled out with him, and we both went to our left... The Guy on My Left... well... even tho, he couldn't move, evidently, thought we were out of turn, and just as I was in front of his beautiful, new, SUV, Laid on his horn, made insane gestures, and appeared to be melting out of his door glass, and attempting to drive into my rear wheel...{ he was completely stopped, when we pulled out...} { I'm still basking in the 'Angelic' moment, I had experienced, just a few minutes prior... I was Stunned... { First of all... I always let people in... any doubt... let the other guy go...} { Ahhh... Did I mention... I am a Taurus.... ahhh... 'Red Flags'... ahh... RESPECT????} By now, I'm seeing him, gun his SUV, and... attempt...to hit my truck, and the very least, frighten me... well... I did get out of his way... checked my rear view mirror, to see if anyone was behind me.... then........... Slammed on the brakes, threw it in reverse... dumped the clutch... floored it... smoke was rollin' from my rear tires, so heavy, I couldn't see behind me, in the side mirrors.... so... Threw it into 1st, spun a half circle, and followed the man....{that... was the Mad Hatter Moment....} very slowly.... 'til he parked, in front of an Amana Eating Establishment...{3 blocks away from the intersection} I pulled up next to the clean cut, about my age, business man... then... walked up to him...and, in a surprisingly, calm, collected voice { those were the Angels...} Said.... "Sir... Are you the man, I just met, at the 4 way stop?" "yes", he replied... in a very soft voice...I looked at him, with all sorts of thoughts, running through my brain... "What's the problem, Sir?... Why in the world, would you do all the screaming, and give me the insane gestures? Then, attempt to run into my truck?" I asked... He replied, in a soft quiet tone... " Well... You were out of turn"... I stood there... for a moment...trying to comprehend, what he had just said... { thinking how incredibly fortunate, this man, and I was... I had 'Just' been touched by Angels...} I looked at him... then the restaurant....{my eyes blinking, in total disbelief...} I said...in a calm, collected tone.... " I am so sorry... if you 'Think', I was out of turn... You must be Starving to Death...to be in such a hurry....I must have cost you... ah... 3 seconds, at that sign...I sure hope you have a Wonderful Dinner...".... All he could muster, was... "hope you do too...".... I left him... totally Stunned... I know I shouldn't be so thin skinned... If he just would have been rude, inside his truck... I would have been taken back... but... he actually attempted to hit my truck.... I had to scoot, to avoid him... { I have made wrong moves in the past... I always take credit for them... if I had pulled in front of him, I would have said I was sorry... with a wave.... This man was out of his mind...} I am sure, I was being tested... I can see the devil, right now, saying " Well.... Your Angels touched her... but let me show ya, what a little disrespect can do...!" Oh yeah, baby... the smoke wasn't just rollin' off the tires.... It was comin' out of my ears!!!! I didn't use any naughty words... didn't come totally... unglued.... LOTS of points for that....and... I think...Angels were with him, as well... Now that I think of it.... I am sure... they were with him.... oh my.... I made my appointments... was blessed by kind, respectful folk, throughout the rest of the day... and... I didn't get arrested for assault.... All good... Who would have thought... Road Rage... in Amana, Iowa.... My low tolerance, for disrespect....Workin' on it... Barb C. P.S. I am posting this, today, in response to e-mails... { This experience, has haunted me, for 2 days... I believe everything happens for a reason... I've chatted with God about it... The words that keep coming back to me, are these; Sing... to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything. {Ephesians 5:19-20} No matter the source of evil confronting you, if you are in God and thereby surrounded by Him, you must realize that it has first passed through Him before coming to you. Because of this, you can thank Him for everything that comes your way. This does not mean thanking Him for the sin that accompanies evil, but offering thanks for what He will bring out of it. May God make our life one of continual thanksgiving, so then He will make everything a blessing. There is no doubt in my mind, God, and His Angels were there with us.... The devil may have pushed my buttons, and the mans buttons, as well.... but, for us so be able to speak so softly, yet, deliberately....{ and not one single slip... not one...}well... I gotta tell ya... it was nothing short of a miracle... There was a reason for this meeting... No doubt in my mind...} Now you know.... The rest, of the story... Barb C.