This past Sunday (Fathers Day) I was having lunch with my family at Pizza Inn.  We were headed to the lake so we wanted to eat somewhere fast (and healthy).  All of us were eating except for Andrew who had gone to the hospital with Liz to see her Grand Father and then eat with her family since they were planning on going to the lake with us.  We were about done when Deb's cell phone rang and it was Andrew.  He had been pulled over and wanted to know where the registration for her jeep was.  After telling him she asked where he got pulled over.  His response, "look out the window."  Sure enough, not 75 yards from Pizza Inn my son was sitting in the parking lot with two police officers looking into his window.  I was furious because I've told him if he ever gets a speeding ticket I wouldn't pay for his insurance any longer.  Deb told me to calm down, it was for not wearing his seat belt. 

Andrew had gone by Easley High School and the police officers saw that he wasn't wearing his seat belt.  He wasn't speeding, he wasn't driving reckless, he wasn't texting on the phone (not at that time anyway - another topic for another day) he was slowly driving towards his girl friends house after visiting someone in the hospital.

This was a great reminder to me that the little things in life matter.  So often we think everything is alright long as we don't get caught, but the truth of the matter is our Heavenly Father is watching us all the time.  I firmly believe God is waiting on us to make the little things matter so He can give us BIGGER challenges and BIGGER blessings.

Andrew will be paying for his own $25.00 ticket, but I bet he begins to make an effort to buckle up soon as he gets into the car.  Funny thing, as we left for the lake Andrew had his seat belt on and told me to put mine on.

As children of God we need to make an effort to watch what we say and do because just as the police were watching Andrew, others are watching us.