Well I got the motor working, looks like I will be fishing soon. I don’t even know what to say, other then I feel stupid. Ok so here’s what the problem was……not the controls, ignition, solenoid and battery. I overlooked a small fuse, yes a small fuse that had blown. The cause of my stress for a week has been a small AGA 20 fuse, a 3 dollar part!
I had checked it the first time I gave the motor a once over. It looked good in poor lighting. After basically thinking I was never going to figure out the problem I went back to the motor and looked it over again. I don’t know why I looked at the fuse again but I did. After holding it to the light and thinking that might be blown I ran to the auto store got the 3 dollar part and hit the ignition….the motor came to life.
I had been text messaging Josh back and forth all day because I honestly thought I would not be fishing this summer from my boat meaning no tourneys. I was upset I mean really upset. Josh asked me what I thought God was teaching me (Which I blogged about here) and I what I would look back in three months and see. My response was I didn’t get to fish all summer. Man that was stupid of me to say.
After cranking the motor a good 10 times I stopped bowed my head and thanked God. Yup I stopped and prayed. The victory was as much Gods as it was my own. No Gods hands did not do the work, but he did keep me from taking a hammer to the motor and beating it until it never worked again. Before I was a Christian I would have been so mad that it was not working I would have destroyed a good motor because I was angry.
I have blogged about anger before and how since becoming a Christian I have worked to get rid of the anger in my life. This ordeal with the motor has truly tested it. I have been a pain to live with just ask my wife. But with God’s help I have not lost my temper like I use to.
Is funny to me that a small fuse could be the cause of all my problems. As I put the fuse into the motor and turned the key I thought about James 3:1-12:
“Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly. We all stumble in many ways. Anyone who is never at fault in what they say is perfect, able to keep their whole body in check.
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal. Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go. Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? My brothers and sisters, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.”
Just like the verse says our tongues are such a small part of our bodies but they can cause big problems. That fuse was so small and caused an entire motor to not run. Now my motor and the way we talk to people are not related but the motor sure made me stop and think about James 3.
The funny thing is that my motor caused me to stumble, I was rude to people because of my motor. I texted stuff to Josh that was kind of dumb because I was upset about the motor. I let an outside source upset me and I let it cause me to be a jerk. Don’t let outside sources cause you anger and to stumble like my motor did me. Instead look for the positives in the situation you our going thru.
I sure hope in 3 months I can look back at this and think man God sure helped me grow!
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