When I was about eight or ten I was walking to the bus stop, and these guys rode by in a truck, flying rebel flags, and yelling racist crap out of their windows….it was really up setting for a kid to experience, and I never forgot it.
Yesterday I was walking home from the train station in the rain…it was a nice warm rain, so I didn’t mind at all. On my walk home I have to go under a bridge that collects rain run off…maybe you see where this is heading already.
There was a young woman walking in front of me, and someone behind me…this is a major train stop by my loft.
Every other vehicle that came by purposed itself to drive closer toward the middle of the road as to avoid covering us with “under the bridge” drainage water…except this one red truck.
I saw them coming and actually managed to get close enough to the wall to not get any on me, but the girl in front of me, who was dress very nicely, got soaked…I mean soaked, with nasty rain run off, and I was pissed.
I suddenly had a flash back to when I was a little boy as I saw them all turn around to look and see if they had gotten us, as they pointed and laughed.
I have been called a conspiracy theorist, but, a truck full of white guys…and me, and two Arabic women walking under the bridge…is that why they did it? Hmmm
The light turned red as they drove by, and for a split second I turned, and considered running up on their truck, until I realized, 1) I am a grown man and that is unacceptable, 2) I would probably go to jail, because when I got there a beat down was immanent.
So I prayed, asked the ladies if they were ok, and kept on walking home… what a day on the metro.
Aaron Bruner
June 12, 2009
Dude, what a battle, praise God that he wins. Love you man, keep posting.
kristal84
June 12, 2009
Whoa. People and their ignorance and stupidity never cease to amaze me. Charles stopped in ATL on Sunday when he was on his way home from Lake View and went to the mall at Underground Atlanta to have dinner. He’d been there while on a field trip back in 8th grade and wanted to go back. However this time it was dark and apparently it’s not a good place to go anymore. Some dude was stalking him as he was walking out the mall. The guy kept asking for money and food and Charles kept saying no. However the guy didn’t get the point and Charles was starting to feel threatened because no one else was around. In order to get the guy to leave him alone, he had to lift up his shirt, make the butt of his gun visible, put his hand on it and tell the dude no and to turn around. The guy finally got the picture and left. It freaked him out…and me as well when he told me about it later. He almost called you to see if by some chance you were near there. lol
Thomas Weaver
June 12, 2009
This definitely sounded like a Galatians 2:20 moment for you, dude. Praise God, you have been crucified with Christ. Stupid people are born every minute, and sometimes, like in my case, He calls them to Himself. Wouldn’t it be great if Jesus called one of those dudes to Himself by drawing him to your church, and as he hears the Gospel, he realizes who you are.. That would be sweet.
See you in Vail,
Tom