I still have the Escort. I've offered it for free to anyone who needs a car here. I've even offered to put the clutch in and replace the brakes, if the recipient will buy the parts. I've had 3 folks say they were interested and then back out. There is a brother who has said if no one else wants it, he'll take it. He's a mechanic and plans on putting the clutch in and then being able to sell his truck and get rid of a monthly payment.
So, although I have a 'buyer', I haven't actually 'sold' it yet, it's sitting in my driveway. So when the nice lady at the DMV asked if I'd sold the old car so I can transfer the plates, I replied no. Well, then, no-can-do on the plate transfer. Here's how the conversation went:
"I can't do the transfer if you still own the car."For her part, I've got to respect the lady at the DMV. She doesn't make the rules, but she's gotta follow them. She could have said, "Well, I know you're going to sell it and you're not driving it, so I'll go ahead and pretend you said that you sold it." But she didn't. She stood her ground on a rule that seemed to frustrate her too. She seemed to want to bend the rules for me, but didn't."But I'm not driving it, I intend to give it away, but no one seems to want it."
"Sorry, we can't have the plates registered to two vehicles."
"And transfering doesn't un-register it from the old car?"
"Nope."
"What if the person I sign it to doesn't register it right away?" (A real possibility since it isn't really drivable.)
"Doesn't matter, as long it's not in your name."
"So, if I had lied and said it was sold, that would have been OK with you?" (I asked it pretty much just like that)
"Yeah, you just need to say that it's sold."
"[Grumble grumble] Well, I can't lie to you, so I guess I'll come back."
So tonight I'll dig up my title, sign it and get it notarized. Then I can go back in and honestly say that it's no longer mine. It'll still be in my driveway, but it won't be 'mine'. It won't be his either as the title will still be in my possession, but I can honestly say that I've signed the title over.
This is one of those rare situations where, if I had lied, absolutely no harm would have been done. I would not have been cheating the system even temporarily by having two cars that I'm driving with one tag. Leaving and coming makes no real difference except that I can honestly say that the car has been signed away. If I had lied, no one would have even known, except me & God. But God said I should not lie, not that I should only lie in situations where it was clear that no harm would be done. So I do it God's way and it costs me a little time and effort.
Anyway, I'mnot trying to toot my own horn here, just venting I guess. I'm also a little frustrated that my government has set this up so that being dis-honest, even if harmless, is so attractive and easy, but that's another topic entirely (and shouldn't surprise me either).
I'm also a little frustrated that my government has set this up so that being dis-honest, even if harmless, is so attractive and easy
Hey Doug!
You don't think that perhaps it wasn't the government, but instead, (picture SNL Church Lady here) could it be...Satan?
Anyway, I know it feels great when we're tempted with an easy sin and we are able to do what is righteous anyway.
You glorified God back there...And the Church. She'll remember that.
I know what you mean. Where we live you can open enroll your kid in any school district unless your kid is going into four year old kindergarten and the district you live in doesn't offer it...go figure. We'll that's our case and we've asked to see if our kid could come in anyway. We were told the tuition was $3300 which is a lot to us. But at two separate occasions we were told by school officials that we could lie on the form for where we live and it'd be ok. We've told them we won't lie so no four year old education for our oldest child.
That's funny. When I read the post, the thought if it being a rant was not even a thought. (The fact that you said you were venting was even taken as humble jest...but maybe that's just because that's how I speak.) I mean, you even took the time to give the woman credit for doing what was right!
Why don't we all just look at it as a...a confession. Yeah, that's it. A publicly stated, humble, confession.
There! Now you're glorifying God again.
;-)
Unmm, in order to Properly Glorify God, I believe one must follow telling about one's actions with the statement, "And to GOD be the glory! Amen?!" Exclamation points required.
There, NOW, you've glorifed God. :)
AAAGGGHHHH!!!
You're right, Mark! How could I have forgotten?
I humbly repent of and apologize for my insufficiencies, though they are many.
And to GOD be the glory! AMEN?!
As a person with disabilities, I see the system taken advantage of all the time. I know that we can't judge a book by it's cover, but it is not uncommon to see people at the social services office driving BMW's with a great deal of jewelry on there bodies (rings, necklaces, ID tags with diamonds in it, etc.), and I think to myself, how do these people funtion? They obviously have money, but yet they come to social services to get their "check". Most of the time, it is the people with these display's of wealth that are the most demanding on social workers and make their life a living hell. Perhaps judgemental, but I have to think that there is some deceit going on. I think that it is sad that it is so easy to lie and that in order to achieve what is required, it is presumed that you are lying anyway. We have found ourselves having to prove that we are telling the truth. There is a great deal of assumtion in the social services community that everybody is lying. The system and the workers are on a constant "reaction" state of mind. I know that the Ohio Department of Motor Vehicles and licencing is a major pain. The cool thing about Kentucky is that it is extremely easy to get car titles, registration, insurance, and drivers lic.'s. I think that they make it a little too easy.
God is glorified when we obey his will. Our spiritual integrity is a part of that, but the greatest way to glorify God is to put the need's of others FIRST. I think Doug that by cooperating with this woman, you lead her and encouraged her own integrity. I would like to be directed to the scripture that says God is not glorified unless we say, "To God be the glory"? Seriously, genuinely.
Paul:
You wrote, "I would like to be directed to the scripture that says God is not glorified unless we say, 'To God be the glory'? Seriously, genuinely."
Well, the :) at the end was supposed to indicate lack of seriousness on my part. It's something the former Grand Poobah of the ICOC used to say all of the time. To me, it was as if any previous self-glorification could somehow be erased by this little addendum. 'Sorry for any confusion.
My man, I'm just a little slow on the uptake. I am in a constant learning mode, and being duped by that same person as to what God's will is for me, I tend to want EVERYTHING explained. In a way, I'm hypersensitive. But it wouldn't have surpised me if I had never seen that scripture before, or at least taken it into context. I appreciate your humor. Sometimes I really need to lighten up.