I know, I know...its been a while since I've tickled your minds with one of my posts. I'll even admit that it may have been even longer of a wait if it werent for the events of this morning. Yeah, this morning was crazy...one of those moments that pulls out the worst in you. I guess it'll be best if I just walk through the situation.
So I get up early, as usual, and I'm on my way to work at 6am. I'm driving out of my complex (its a rather large complex), and I see about 1500 Ft ahead of me a cop walking towards a parked car that has their hazard lights on (looking like they just got pulled over). Me, being completely unaware of the situation, I slow down...not tryna hit a cop...thats just bad business...lol. So as I approach this event (remember, the cop is walking towards the parked car with hazards), I notice the cop signal for the car to keep moving...but get this...he points to me and tells me to stop. So I'm thinking its a routine traffic stop and that he's pulling everyone over to inform them of something. So this joker (North Brunswick Police Officer #148) asks for my license and registration. Long story short, he gives ME!! a ticket for speeding. What in the world just happened? I was obviously slowing down because he had stopped someone else...and I wasnt going that fast anyways. I mean after all, it was a 25 MPH zone and I know they are sticklers for ticketing people in that area. So I'm completely caught off guard with this. The even suckier part is that I cant even fight this ticket because I have NO way of proving that I wasnt going fast...
Here's the funny part...before I got stopped, I was in my car singing "I'll Trust You, Lord" by Donnie McClurkin and thinking how much effort it takes for us to trust God, even when your path seems so bleek. And then this happened. I don't need to tell you how angry, vengeful, hurt, and confused I was (Oh, and did I mention angry). I just witness the worst showing of law enforcement ever. I begin to think of the many people I could complain to about this officer...who could I voice my complete disgust to about the people who are put in place to protect and "serve." But then the words of Christ rang in my ears..."pray for those who persecute you." Man...conviction. I really can not find it in my heart to forgive and/or pray for this wack cop who pulled me over and essentially wrote me a bill payable to the North Brunwick Police Department (with the tip going to my insurance company). And that's when the words of the song that I was singing right before this incident replayed in my mind:
"will you let go...
i'll trust you Lord
will you stand on My Word...
i'll trust you Lord
against all odds will you believe what I have said...
i'll trust you Lord"
Pray for my growth yall, because I still havent forgiven this cop yet....
That Chunkyboi
No comments:
Post a Comment