November 1st, 2004

Timing…

Mike’s timing:

It’s driving us crazy.

Our new altered fired up on the fist spin and ran perfectly. The first run down the quarter mile was a flawless, straight as an arrow high 8-second run. And that was with the little mule motor. Right outta the box…man we got this thing handled! Done deal, wired!

As the warmer weather moved into southern Virginia (with its relentless humidity) times fell off. We blamed it on the weather. Man, just wait till the autumn rolls in. We’ll show ‘em who builds strong engines 12 ways! Well, temps are now in the 60’s and the car is still off by about four tenths of a second. Four tenths…it’s killin’ me. My reputation as a motor builder extraordinaire is on the line. (I think it’s called foolish pride, Mike)

God’s Timing:

There they were on the road to Emmaus. Jesus followers. Depressed and lost. They all thought it but didn’t want to say it. The messiah who promised he could save mankind could not save himself. All of their dreams were shattered. Now what?

And then the risen Jesus appeared before their eyes. Thomas doubted the most but in their hearts they all were skeptical. Until they saw (and even touched) the nail holes still in His hands.  Yesss, Halleluiah!

Now he explained all of scripture. Wow, we’ve got to run back to Jerusalem and tell everyone! No, He said, “tell no one”. Are you kidding me? The greatest event in human history and we can’t even speak about it! Again…“tell no one”. No reason, no explanation.

(My ways are not your ways…remember?)

About 10 days later the festival of Shavuit took place. It was one of the holy days that every Jewish man was required to attend to remain in good standing. The Greeks called it “the fifty” because it took place on the day that Moses was said to receive the Ten Commandments from God. (Fifty days after the exodus).

A five pointed star is still called a penta-star. The five sided building is called the Penta-gon, the holiday would latter be called “Penta-cost”.   Because of the holiday the population of Jerusalem swelled to over a million. At this time the Holy Spirit came over the Apostles and they spoke in “languages not their own”. In other words, the languages of all of the Jewish men making this pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The Bible tells us that over 3000 accepted Christ that day. These men went back to their homeland and became Christ’s first missionaries. Now I understand why God asked those on the road to Emmaus to wait.

As usual, God saves his very best for those who leave the timing to Him.

Now about that crummy 4 tenths…pretty insignificant, huh? 

Godspeed,

Mike Schacter, Team RFC

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