He is so rich in kindness and grace that He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son and forgave our sins.” Ephesians 1:7
Who needs three weed-eaters? So, for a while I have been wanting a good battery powered weed-eater. Now, first, I need to tell you that thing that cuts your weeds is not a weed-eater…it is a string trimmer. Weed-eater is a name brand…not the name of a tool. So, with that settled, I really was intrigued with the idea of a string trimmer that didn’t need to be cranked. Imagine just mashing a button…and away you go. Wack, wack, wack.
Being rather frugal, I just wasn’t really to lay down the big bucks, so my wish remained just that…a wish. And then it happened. I got an email that said Home Depot had a collection of tools battery tools and several of them were on super-duper sale—75% off. Well, I headed over to their site and got a chainsaw and a blower. Awesome. When I finally got to the weed wackers…they were sold out. Bummer.
Well, for the next several days, I would check to see if they had any more in stock. On Saturday morning, I got up and, on a whim, checked and they had fifteen in stock. Now these babies had a straight shaft, all kinds of cool features and were powered by a 62-volt, four amp hour battery. We are talking about major power. And this is the best part…there were two models—one with an aluminum shaft and one with a carbon fiber shaft and they were selling for $39.00 for the aluminum one and $47.00 for the carbon fiber shaft. This was amazing.
I thought about it for just about one second and bought…three…two carbon fiber and one aluminum. Yup…that’s right. I figured I might as well be weed wacker fixed for the rest of my life. When they were delivered…they were amazing. In fact, I still can’t believe what a deal it was. I mean, the chainsaw was great, the blower was great, but the string trimmers were amazing. As advertised, squeeze the trigger and wack, wack, wack.
Now I don’t think I was being greedy, and I don’t think I was being selfish…at least not much. I’ve learned that when an opportunity arises…especially one that costs under fifty bucks and is 75% off…you need to jump and jump fast. But wait…all of that pales when you think about the best deal ever—the one that gives you eternal life. God offers all of us “whosoever wills” His forgiveness and love and all we have to do is a “life 360” and believe in His Son. Now that is not only a deal…it is the best deal ever. Need more info? Just read His Book, the Bible, and then take some time to talk with Him—that’s called prayer. What you will discover is just like everything else…He’s got this. Bro. Dewayne
Grits with Grace 