God shots: Better than any shot of liquor you'll ever have!

[Charlie G]

I have to be honest with you guys, I had a God Shot, but didn't want to write about it.
It was a a God Shot,
Literally.
My first Art Director, Julieta, & I were discussing the next cover. I showed her what I had in mind; A man removing his face, which was an egg, and putting it in a carton of eggs/faces.
We all wear different faces in life, right?
Julita didn't like it.
"Use my piece," She said, showing me a picture in her portfolio.
It was of a lady, with a blank for a face, holding a bunch of masks attached to sticks. Each mask was a different face.
I told her I liked my choice.
"Nobody will understand it." She explained.
"It's my decision." I said, ending the conversation.
I thought.
"Why is it your decision?" She asked.
So I told her,
"It's my decision because it's my magazine. I put this together, I found the money, I got the writers, I got the equipment, I got the printers, I got this office, I deal with the advertisers, I negotiated with the printing contracts, I pay the rent on this office, and I pay your salary. "
"It's my magazine." I said.
"Well that's a little egotistical. I thought it was the recovery community's magazine!" She snapped.
By this time we are in my car, as I drive her home.
"It's FOR the recovery community, but it's MY magazine. I have to make the final decisions, and run it like a business, or it won't be around for a second issue."
She's silent the rest of the way.
We pull into her driveway and she starts walking up her drive. I decide to be a smartass.
I stepped out of my door and call out to her;
"OK, Julieta. We'll use your picture on the next cover," I shouted, "But I'm going to put my name on it!"
And a tree limb fell on my head.
A big tree limb.
It staggered me a bit, and Julieta stepped forward; asking me if I was alright.
When I told her yes,
She started laughing.
And laughing.
And laughing,
Till I thought she was going to pee her pants.
I rubbed my head, got a little blood on my hand from a scratch on my forehead, and laughed myself.
A little.
I looked up at where that limb came from,
Then down at it,
Then back up at the tree,
Like a spectator at a vertical tennis match,
And I realized,
This WAS NOT my magazine.
This is God's magazine.
I could not have put this together, in so little time, with so little experience,
Without God.
Wouldn't have happened.
I shared what happened at my sober at six meeting that night,
And everybody had a laugh, but,
Everybody also now knows that this magazine is FOR them,
And FROM God!
peace

[thereishope]

Oh charlie, thankyou for posting this.
It is funny and made me laugh but at the same time VERY PROFOUND!!
This was a very beautiful share, thankyou again my friend

[admin]

And FROM God!

Exactly! I didn't know anything about anything when I first came online. God has been the one who has given me the knowledge to do what I do for Him. To Him I give all the glory.

[barbie25]

Amen brothers and sisters. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[janbear]

Thank you so much for this share Charlie. This is what i needed tonight, a God-shot, and thanks for giving it to me.