I DON’T HONK MY HORN
I don’t honk my horn that often, probably ’cause I hate it when people honk at me. I sat behind the gal in the SUV waiting for her to turn, we had a left hand green turn arrow for the love of Betsy. She finally looked up from her phone and ran a last second yellow light… leaving me stuck there.🤨 My left eye and mouth twitched slightly. It’s a world of frustrations.
I like to read and write, but sometimes life gets in the way. As I type this, since I didn’t have time last week so I reposted an old one, I haven’t driven the old car I vowed to this weekend… (yeah, I’m a whiner with first world problems)… I haven’t had time to touch a guitar, I haven’t called my mom yet, and it all adds up.
I knew that I had issues with commenting on Betty’s Wise Hearted site. I’ve literally spent, I’ll bet pushing, twenty hours trying to figure out how to fix it… to no avail.
Then just this week I found out that the scads of comments that I’ve left at Diane’s site, Hadarah, and Martha’s site, Meditations Of My Heart, never showed up on their end.
So, for I would say years, probably since I got a new computer, I’ve been reading and commenting and thinking all was well with the world, but I was wrong.
It’s not the end of the world, but it’s frustrating. Add the little frustrations and irritations together and pretty soon blood is boiling.
Once I’m in that state of anger I have to step back from myself. The truth is God is sovereign. If I was meant to drive the car it would have happened, or I need to change my world and schedule. If that guitar really needed to be picked and strummed I’d have made different choices about the rest of my life.
I’ll call my mom once this is done. I’ll have just enough time before the kids and grandkids show up for Sunday pasta… the shave will have to wait…
If those words that I plucked out were meant to have been read, I’m certain they would have. My words matter little.
God’s Word matters.
I tip my hat to all my on line brothers and sisters that I’ve never looked eye to eye with, but punch out words of honor and encouragement with discipline and perseverance. God does use other’s words to remind and encourage. I’ve been the blessed recipient of them. So I say thanks again.
I’m pretty sure it’s probably a lot of your words that help me be able to not honk my horn that often…
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 6:57 pm
Bless you, Floyd, for being a blessing to all of us out here who do blossom because of your encouraging words. Yes, it’s been a struggle, hasn’t it? And I so admire your tenacity to keep at it, trying to get to a solution for the whole problem. I have a possible one in the email I just sent to you.
Know how much I appreciate your support, my friend, and how much your words here on There Go I lift my heart and my spirit. God’s Word lives within you, and He is faithful to speak to so many through your blog. Keep on keeping on, and when necessary, honk that horn! 🙂
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 6:59 pm
Ah, those frustrations do add up. I understand. So glad we have grace. I’m grateful for your words to me through the years. Lots of encouragement. Lots of humility. Lots of God. Thanks, Floyd.
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 7:01 pm
Love your post, and I never honk, even when they tell me to. . . .
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 9:18 pm
I hate car horns… I mean, why? Frustration? Sure… but you aren’t going to do anything by simply honking your horn.
Actually that really doesn’t apply on the internet. Sometimes honking your horn is always appreciated.
Frustrations exist. It’s our job to move past them and smile because we did.
Monday, November 4, 2019 @ 4:09 am
I love the titles of your posts! LOL…Thanks for being frustrated enough with our blogs’ commenting sections that you played detective and figured it out. I so appreciate you, Floyd. And I so appreciate your words. THEY DO MATTER cause they speak to hearts!
Monday, November 4, 2019 @ 4:13 am
Floyd, I love the title of your posts! Thank you for being frustrated enough to play detective and figure things out for us. I appreciate you. And your words DO MATTER because they speak to the heart!
Monday, November 4, 2019 @ 5:39 am
Amen brother!
Monday, November 4, 2019 @ 2:51 pm
Always a good read here at theregoi! Oh, the love and hate relationship we all have with computers and the Internet.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 @ 5:59 am
There you go again my friend! Playing havoc with my “peaceful easy feeling.” You slammed it to the floor with the first sentence because I am not a patient sitter at the light while someone plays on their phone. Grrrrr. I do appreciate your comments my friend. Even more I appreciate the friendship we have established over the years even though we have never met face to face. (Heaven sure will be fun if we don’t get a chance to meet here first). Your words are like apples of gold (as Proverbs states it). Thanks for taking the time to comment. Now, let’s hope mine lands in yours.
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 @ 2:14 pm
Hello Floyd…just wanted to see if you tried commenting on my site yet. Praying what ever change you made will let it happen. And by the way, I too look forward to reading your post, you make life come alive and we can all relate because you write like the title of your blog. There go all of us.
Friday, November 8, 2019 @ 4:55 am
With best wishes. Hope you solve your PC problems.
God bless.
Friday, November 8, 2019 @ 5:15 am
Best wishes.
God bless.
Friday, November 8, 2019 @ 6:26 am
Floyd, I left a couple suggestions on Martha’s site. I will be out this weekend, but may have some time Sunday evening or Monday evening to assist in troubleshooting.
You can email me if you like directly.
Monday, November 11, 2019 @ 10:08 am
I am so sorry you are having issues, brother. I have tried leaving comments here so many times, and it always gives me an error message. Sometimes, I remember to go back and look to see if they are there, and sometimes I get distracted and move on. I don’t think you are getting some of my comments, and you may not get this one, either. I know how frustrating all of this is. People tell me they can’t leave comments on my site, either. It is the enemy trying to discourage us all. I hope you can get it all worked out soon.