Timothy was driving to a closing angry at the “idiot” going only 85 miles per hour in the fast lane. To pass the time he was wasting he went through a list of people he felt needed a piece of his mind giving the windshield a spirited round of abuse he wished those on the list could hear.
In particular he scolded his sister who kept bugging him about “repentance” and “redemption”. When she told him the second coming would be here any day now he reminded her that she told him that very same thing forty years ago and so far nothing, nothing’s happened.
Frustrated with the driver in front of him Timothy jerked his car from the fast lane into the middle lane just as another driver from the opposite side of the expressway accelerated without looking into the middle lane aiming for rapid deliverance in the fast lane. Neither knew what hit them as the traffic unfortunate enough to be following collided or braked to a stop.
Denise offers the word “redemption” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Timothy should stop and think but now we are 40 years closer!
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We are closer every day. Thank you, Myrna!
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Excellent Six, Frank.
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Thank you, Zelda!
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You’re most welcome always 🙂
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Frank, your six sentences always leave me at the edge of my seat. Nicely done🙂
Pat
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Thank you, Pat! I am glad they hold one’s attention.
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Wow! It is closer than any of us think. We could see Jesus today. Sobering.
Blessings.
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We could in the next moment. Hopefully we will in a better position than Timothy. Thank you and blessings, Michael!
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Powerful story and so sad but I hope redemption came to someone as a result of his negligent and unrepentant heart.
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I also hope redemption comes as a result of his behavior. That may be a good theme for another story. Thank you, Mary!
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Your 6 sentence stories are so engaging, this one was too.
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I am glad you found them engaging. Thank you, Pragalbha!
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There was definitely “rapid deliverance in the fast lane”. Well done, Frank.
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Things were going too fast for both of them and the ones who collided into them. Thank you!
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Overtaken by Fate. Nice one, Frank.
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Thank you, Doug! They sort of set themselves up.
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keep your eyes on the Eastern skies. Redemption draweth nigh! Great six.
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It does. I am looking forward to it. Thank you, Paul!
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What a fast paced story Frank. Great use of the word too.
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Thank you, Sadje! They were driving too fast.
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You’re welcome! Yup, too fast.
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An extreme path for a person to learn to slow down and learn patience but if Timothy survived the collision, hopefully he walked that path!
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I hadn’t thought of him surviving, but that is possible and it might be a way to continue this story. Thank you, Denise!
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A sobering story, Frank.
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I am looking for a happier ending. Maybe I can write a sequel where they survived. Thank you, Chris!
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Go for it, Frank!
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Very sobering story…any moment people can be ushered into eternity
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It can happen very quickly. We need to always be ready with our thoughts, words and actions serving the Lord. Thank you, Jim!
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Amen Frank H
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Death waits to, as Castaneda describes it, tap us on our left shoulder when our time on earth has ended. You and he (Castaneda, not Death) appear to concur, there is no knowing when that time comes. All who would, do so at their own peril.
Engaging Six!
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It sometimes comes when we least expect it. I hope none of us go the way Timothy did. Thank you!
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I suspect only excuses for Timothy as he stands before his redeemer… great six.
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I suspect he only has excuses with plenty of people to blame. Thank you, Greg!
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What an eye-opening story, Frank! A compelling six!
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Thank you, Eugenia! I am glad you liked this!
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Get ready, keep your cool, cuz you never know what’s coming, and when.
Stellar six!
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We need to be ready. Thank you, Liz!
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That moment, i believe, always catches us by surprise.
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It does. Thank you, Mimi!
I like the ending of your story when you mentioned a great place to start for redemption.
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Entertaining angry thoughts while driving so often turns out to be not the best plan. Unfortunately it isn’t always just the driver who suffers. Hopefully, he will see the light on the other side.
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Good point. Timothy wasn’t the only one who suffered as a result of his anger. Thank you, Pat!
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Excellent work. Thank you!
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Thank you, Josh!
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I’d like to think that something positive came from his recklessness. A great six, Frank.
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I am sure there is something positive in there somewhere perhaps even as a warning for others. There might be a sequence to the story if something comes to mind. Thank you, Keith!
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there’s a line in one of Robert Burns’ poems where Tam O’Shanter’s wife is waitint for him at home ‘nursing her wrath to keep it warm.’ Nothing good ever comes of that. Great Six, Frank.
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That line from Burns’ fits this well. Timothy loved to nurse his wrath. Thank you, Jenne!
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A great post and caveat about the dangers of uncontrolled anger.
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Anger needs to be controlled. Thank you, Mark!
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I’ve taken to realizing how close we all walk with Death. One step here or there, some days, will send us forward in spirit or forward, still, in physical life.
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Death can come at time. We need to be ready. May we all be ready. Blessings and thank you, Chel!
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