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people who know me, who really know me, know that I am not a "show off". If you feel the need to "show off" you really might wanna consider why that is, is kind of how I look at it. I know how blessed I am, others do too, so why feel the need to prove it to anybody? "A rich man doesn't have to prove he is rich" my buddy Micha used to say and he is 100% exactly right.

 So? with all that being said?

Here is my birthday gift from Honey:

More tools than I have ever had in my entire life basically.

And not just tools.

High quality, industrial grade, tough, well made, long lasting stuff.

"So why are you telling us this Drew?"

Because every time I would cry out to God during my dark night of the soul, (to many instances to count) begging him to just take me away, that I had had enough, I don't want another breath, I just cant do it any more, its taking to long, I don't wanna go on etc?

(I didn't have Jobs wife around 

so I would play her part myself :-)

EVERY TIME.

EVERY TIME, 

WITHOUT FAIL.

After I got done 

throwing my lil hissy fit?

Yelling, screaming crying etc?

When I would finally calm down

he always told me the same thing:

Joel 2:25

"...I will restore to you 

the years 

that the locust hath eaten,"

And I would wake up the next day feeling

refreshed:

Isaiah 40:31

But they that wait upon the Lord 

shall renew their strength; 

they shall mount up 

with wings as eagles; 

they shall run, 

and not be weary; 

and they shall walk, 

and not faint.

(Resonates, more than just a lil bit.)

And then the next day 

I would walk my happy ass 

back to the library 

and get back to work 

with a smile 

knowing everything 

was going to be okay.

So here is the thing:

"We get Heaven on Earth 

for telling you that Hell is coming"

is in the BEGINING phases.

And if somebody who has never had much tools all the sudden has more than he is gonna need for the rest of his life bothers you for some reason?

Just be glad I'm not gonna be writing post 

about all the other blessings 

that are going to be coming here shortly

because its all I would ever be doing.

(How do I know that 

might be a question 

you may want to ask yourself.)

Its not the tools that bother people 

or me

(okay maybe some I bother lol)

what bothers people is this:

Seeing God keep his promises to someone 

and know that what he/they are saying/doing 

is the truth 

and they simply have no other explanation for it.

THAT IS WHAT HAS CRAWLED 

UNDER SOME PEOPLES SKIN.

(As in plural, as in way more than one.)

You just might wanna go back 

and listen to that BTO song again.

And besides

what projects 

do you think 

those tools 

will be used for anyway?

(and yes around the homestead as well)

Matthew 25:40

And the King shall answer 

and say unto them, 

Verily I say unto you, 

Inasmuch 

as ye have done it 

unto one of the least of these my brethren, 

ye have done it unto me.

WE TAKE THAT PRETTY SERIOUS AROUND HERE.

A BUNCH OF US.

(and the women that feed us do too.)

WE GET DIRTY.

WE GET DOWN AND CRAWL AROUND ON THE WET GROUND AND IN THE MUD.

"BEING THE HANDS 

AND FEET OF CHRIST",

as pastor Bridgette says.

And all you 

Social Media

"ministers"?

Who act like you know so much about everything?

I told you a while back

you are being put on notice.

ps 

If I was a show off?

I would have showed my tools off at the project we were working on.

Its just dumbfounding to me, 

to help people who did absolutely nothing 

to deserve it 

(Unmerited favor anybody?

Another name for that 

would be Gods grace BTW.)

and then they turn right around 

and have a problem 

with somebody who hasn't ever had any tools

(Or much of anything else except for a HD48 for that matter)

 getting some...

Time to wake up people.

Quick like in a hurry.