Broken Glass
The things I did as a kid. They wouldn't fly today. Of course they wouldn't fly any day, but I didn't think about that at the time. When I was a tyke I lived in west Dayton, I attended Residence Park Elementary school. I and a buddy hung around together on weekends finding things to do, not necessarily good things, but things.
Walking in the neighborhood by the school we decided to break in. We walked around the back of the school and I took a big rock and broke one of the windows. The sound of glass ricocheting off the school walls surprised me. My buddy lifted me up and I crawled through into the empty room. I went around opened a side door so he could come in. We searched and pilfered not knowing what we would looking for.
I remember being scared, excited, afraid of being caught. But that didn't stop us. So what loot did we grab? Thumb tacks mostly. We left and ran all the way home. So on the way home since we had nothing else to do we took the thumb tacks and threw them out on the street. Our thoughts were, Let's cause flat tires on cars going by. Duh! What else could we do? We didn't have time, we had to go home, it was getting dark.
Today, every time I hear glass breaking it takes me back to the window that I shattered in the school. Somewhere in my life I finally realized it was way wrong what I did. I am fortunate the law didn't catch up with me. I escaped punishment. I was too immature to think about the consequences of my actions. I didn't care unless I was caught.
I have discovered as I have grown into old age maturity, we deal with different kinds of broken glass. The broken glass of failed relationships, the broken glass of being fired from your job, filing bankruptcy, loosing a child, the death of your spouse. While all of this is happening, I am keenly aware I stand in the need of forgiveness by God. My prayer each night starts with asking for forgiveness. Lord, forgive me for the broken school window, trying to cause harm to other people, forgive me for being me.
We all need a prayer of forgiveness. A prayer that turns into thanking the Lord for the Grace that He provides me daily because He knows I am going to be me. We all could use a little more Grace because of who we are. God Loves You.
Walking in the neighborhood by the school we decided to break in. We walked around the back of the school and I took a big rock and broke one of the windows. The sound of glass ricocheting off the school walls surprised me. My buddy lifted me up and I crawled through into the empty room. I went around opened a side door so he could come in. We searched and pilfered not knowing what we would looking for.
I remember being scared, excited, afraid of being caught. But that didn't stop us. So what loot did we grab? Thumb tacks mostly. We left and ran all the way home. So on the way home since we had nothing else to do we took the thumb tacks and threw them out on the street. Our thoughts were, Let's cause flat tires on cars going by. Duh! What else could we do? We didn't have time, we had to go home, it was getting dark.
Today, every time I hear glass breaking it takes me back to the window that I shattered in the school. Somewhere in my life I finally realized it was way wrong what I did. I am fortunate the law didn't catch up with me. I escaped punishment. I was too immature to think about the consequences of my actions. I didn't care unless I was caught.
I have discovered as I have grown into old age maturity, we deal with different kinds of broken glass. The broken glass of failed relationships, the broken glass of being fired from your job, filing bankruptcy, loosing a child, the death of your spouse. While all of this is happening, I am keenly aware I stand in the need of forgiveness by God. My prayer each night starts with asking for forgiveness. Lord, forgive me for the broken school window, trying to cause harm to other people, forgive me for being me.
We all need a prayer of forgiveness. A prayer that turns into thanking the Lord for the Grace that He provides me daily because He knows I am going to be me. We all could use a little more Grace because of who we are. God Loves You.
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