Grounding and Throwing Hammers

I've been thwarted by a new set of trailer lights for two weeks.

They just were'nt working right. They'd pop on, then not work. Then not work and then blink once. It drove me mad. So I thought that set I bought was faulty, not good product. I bought it on ebay afterall, for a fraction of the price.

So yesterday I bought two new lights at Walmart. I didn't figure I needed new wire since my little voltmeter was showing it had juice. It was supposed to work!!! Anyways, out stumbles me into the garage this morning, with the idea of mounting the new lights and forever putting this problem behind me. When I began reading the new lights' packaging, I noticed they said "GROUNDED BY MOUNTING BOLT."

I thought, "Woah, I bet the old-new lights are too, only I have them mounted 6 feet in the air on PVC piping." So, I went out and ran a wire to ground the lights.

They work as we say, "5.0" Let me just say that I HAD tried to ground them with what I thought was their ground wire. But I discovered that the wire in question, though white and normally a 'ground', was in fact, the running lights wire. And let me also say that the old-new wiring kit's directions were completely un-useable. They just read "Connect the wires."

Out steps Dad in his Sunday best. I turn to him and say, "Guess who's the big dummy?" Then I told him about my grounding mistake.

He asked, "Church starts in 10 minutes, do you want to go?"

And though I declined, while he pulled away I realized I'd already received my message for the day. Even if you have power you won't work right until you're grounded. I was really glad I caught that message, because the next step for God would be to throw hammers from the sky towards me.

So in all this I learned three things:

1) See sentence in italics again.

2) I have atleast one saving grace: reading directions.

3) God speaks to us; we just need to catch on it. There is no English-God Dictionary. But I've scheduled in a translator next Sunday at 08:50.