Brace yourself this is going to get deep. For weeks as I sat by my laptop or just watching TV I would get distracted or something would call my attention to look at the time. Each time I did this the time was 4:20, with my work schedule this happened in the afternoon and early mornings. As I said this went on for weeks that my attention was bought to a clock and the time was 4:20 so my mind began to wonder if this is some kind of coincidence. My curiousity got the best of me and I turned to the bible and see if this coincidence had something to do with the Bible. I went through every scripture looking for 4:20 verses in each. Then it hit me Philippians 4:20 "To our God and Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen." Very simple and direct, just a daily reminder to remind me to give glory to God each day. Is that where this ends? No not quite. As I felt I had an answer from God as to why I am getting this reminder so often it then began to effect others around me.One day after seeing the clock at 4:20 pm my son came in and told me that one of his friends ad been arrested for a DUI the night before and had wrecked the car he was in. My son was supposed to go with him that night but decided not to.BOOM Glory be to God that he was not. I told a few others close to me what was going on with me and 4:20 and wanted to see what their thoughts were. The answer was pretty much as I figured, God was tapping me on the shoulder. A few days went by and 4:20 came into my day full force. I have a booking agent for one of my DJ gigs, my agent is a born again Christian and has recovered from drugs and alcohol and is now a counselor. usually he comes by work to see how things are and I pay him a percentage on that job. Well the Friday night he was supposed to be there he was a no show. I called him the next day and got no answer, Saturday night same result he was not there. I began to worry that something may had happened. Sadly it had, he called me a couple days later to let me know he wasn't there because his younger brother was found dead in his bed so he had been dealing with that time with his family grieving. I gave him my condolences and let him know whenever he needed his agent fee to let me know and I would meet him when things settled down after the funeral. The next week we got together to pay what I owed him because there was extra events I did I had owed him more than usual and what did i owe him? ...yep $420...amazing. I told him about this 4:20 thing going on and shared the Philippians 4:20 with him and it so comforted him. While I do work at several places during the week I mainly look at the big picture as to what money I take home, after this I took a look at my regular take home pay from this gig where someone was affected by it and once again it is $420. So I get my daily reminder to give glory and when I get paid weekly I give Glory. So glory be to God for me having a job I enjoy and being able to share and comfort others.I will add updates to more 4:20 happenings as they arise.
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