His Presence is Everywhere
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine and I decided to experience the Indianapolis 500. We purchased tickets 3 days before and since Indy is only 1.5 hours away from Cincinnati, we'd figured we go in the day of and come right back.
As you know, God has a way of showing you he's God. Once we got about 10-20 miles from the race track, traffic was extremely backed up. It took a little over an hour to park from like 2 miles out. Of course never having been to the Indy 500 or any car race event before, I had no idea that the track was as large as it was and it could hold well over 100,000 people. The amazing help that was sent to us came in the form of the car in front of us getting out and coming to my car asking if I want to buy an extra parking pass for $10. Of course when that happens you have to evaluate whether there is the potential for you to get scammed, but for the cost I took the chance.
The gentleman that sold it to me then instructed "just follow us in" but with traffic still going slow, we etched along for another 30 minutes. From there he got back out of the car and walked back to mine and gave me specific instructions on where we were going just in case we got disconnected. So after we got through all the traffic and followed their "convoy" because it was actually 3 cars that were with his, we parked got out and exchanged names and handshakes and as far as I'm concerned we were on our way to our seats.
Once we got to the main walkway to the track, Mike (never got a last name) asks us where we were sitting. We showed him our tickets and he said "these are bold, come sit with us". So we gave him our tickets, he sold ours and we sat with him and his family for the entire race. Being rookies we packed like 2 bottles of water and 2 cokes which is not nearly enough for a 4 hour sporting event. Note: Just so you know, you can take as much food and drink to the race as you can carry, there are no official vendors. They offered us food, drinks, sun tan lotion (it was 96 degrees that day) and all the hospitality you can imagine.
If you know me, I rarely like to smooch off of people so I took a cookie to not be anti, but I did feel like such an intruder but they really made us feel welcomed for our first time. So the race is over (Ashley Judd's husband won) and as we walked back to our car (with Mike and the gang) as they tried to start their car, the battery was dead. Mike's daughter in law left the car on by mistake the whole time. So they asked us if we had any cables (which I did) and I gave them a boost.
For all the giving that Mike and his family gave to us, in turns out they needed us in return. The key is that they did not know that as they were extending themselves, but God has a way of showing us why it's important to treat everyone with respect, be loving & kind, and look to give and not get.
I will never forget this as I know God was with us that day.
As you know, God has a way of showing you he's God. Once we got about 10-20 miles from the race track, traffic was extremely backed up. It took a little over an hour to park from like 2 miles out. Of course never having been to the Indy 500 or any car race event before, I had no idea that the track was as large as it was and it could hold well over 100,000 people. The amazing help that was sent to us came in the form of the car in front of us getting out and coming to my car asking if I want to buy an extra parking pass for $10. Of course when that happens you have to evaluate whether there is the potential for you to get scammed, but for the cost I took the chance.
The gentleman that sold it to me then instructed "just follow us in" but with traffic still going slow, we etched along for another 30 minutes. From there he got back out of the car and walked back to mine and gave me specific instructions on where we were going just in case we got disconnected. So after we got through all the traffic and followed their "convoy" because it was actually 3 cars that were with his, we parked got out and exchanged names and handshakes and as far as I'm concerned we were on our way to our seats.
Once we got to the main walkway to the track, Mike (never got a last name) asks us where we were sitting. We showed him our tickets and he said "these are bold, come sit with us". So we gave him our tickets, he sold ours and we sat with him and his family for the entire race. Being rookies we packed like 2 bottles of water and 2 cokes which is not nearly enough for a 4 hour sporting event. Note: Just so you know, you can take as much food and drink to the race as you can carry, there are no official vendors. They offered us food, drinks, sun tan lotion (it was 96 degrees that day) and all the hospitality you can imagine.
If you know me, I rarely like to smooch off of people so I took a cookie to not be anti, but I did feel like such an intruder but they really made us feel welcomed for our first time. So the race is over (Ashley Judd's husband won) and as we walked back to our car (with Mike and the gang) as they tried to start their car, the battery was dead. Mike's daughter in law left the car on by mistake the whole time. So they asked us if we had any cables (which I did) and I gave them a boost.
For all the giving that Mike and his family gave to us, in turns out they needed us in return. The key is that they did not know that as they were extending themselves, but God has a way of showing us why it's important to treat everyone with respect, be loving & kind, and look to give and not get.
I will never forget this as I know God was with us that day.
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