Safety Chains

Last Friday, I was getting the property and house ready for our quarterly volunteer fellowship. I quickly enlisted my boys’ help to do some cleanup work. Since I had little time, I thought it would be easiest to load things that had to be moved on to the black trailer we tow behind our 4-wheeler. It was then that I made a truly stupid decision. I realized the wrong hitch was on the 4-wheeler, and that the trailer wasn’t connecting quite right. I figured it was no big deal – I would just drive slower! My boys were waiting for me down a slight decline near the garage. And you guessed it – as I drove down the incline, the trailer popped off and began to head down the hill – straight for a parked car. Miraculously, I “caught” the edge of the trailer with the 4-wheeler tire. Once it was stopped, I had to PUSH it back up the hill, and of course I had just gotten my nails done. One glaring, tactical error – I never attached the safety chains.
I was rushing, making a quick decision; I had very little time. And the error I made could have cost us much more than a story; the moving trailer could have hurt property or even my kids.
What are your safety chains? Are there processes or tactics that guide you as you move through your day and make critical decisions? Or even better, who are your safety chains? Do you have people that will help you stay connected and rooted in to the Lord when you have to make a move? Will they “pull you back in” with love and grace?
Grateful today for my safety chains – from my Father in heaven and my friends here on earth!

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