A Few Lessons Learned from a Weekend Screwup

We heat our home with wood.  Which means that I end up going to cut up and collect wood a lot.  So this weekend I went on a wood run at a friends house.  I loaded my whole trailer full of wood and when I went to pull the trailer out I realized that I had gotten it in weird position and it was trapped in this fence area and I couldn't get it out.  I was by myself with a trailer full of wood that I couldn't move... excellent.
Needless to say, I threw my own version of an adult fit, I tried everything that I could think of and still couldn't get out.  So after 4 hours I went home... with no wood. 

Yesterday morning our office was closed so I went to try to get the trailer out.
I called a few friends and two of them were there to help me within the hour.  Between all of us we were able to get the trailer out with little effort. 

I learned two great lessons from this:

     1) I need to ask for help...even if I think I should be able to do it myself.

Sometimes I have a hard time asking for help - especially if it is for something I believe I should be  able to knock out on my own. 

Shooting those couple texts to friends to ask for help was harder than I want to admit.

     2) Be a good friend. 

I'm still amazed those guys were there to help me within the hour. 
Their example was a challenge to me to be responsive to opportunities and to stay flexible. 

Now I'm thankful for the lesson and the little trial that preceded it.  [James 1:2-4]
My initial response sure wasn't pretty but I'm thankful that God brought it full circle. 
Overall, this debacle wasn't good for my productivity but it was great for my SOUL!  

Ryan