Clarity

To those of you who have been asking about the other night, I’m alright and I appreciate your concern. I wasn’t exactly mugged, more like dangerously bluffed. Unfortunately this wasn’t the first time I have been through something like this and last time was MUCH worse. Our tour manager and I were followed and confronted by a guy in Poughkeepsie, NY after the show. After attempting to steal my food he started to reach for a gun and both of us were lucky enough to run to safety. We called the cops and they were able to find the guy a few minutes later. When they searched him he wasn’t carrying anything. It’s possible that he dumped whatever weapon he had or it’s possible that he never had anything to begin with. Because he had no gun, there was nothing that they could really hold him on so he was released. Regardless we were both a little shaken up but thankfully free of any physical damage. Because of the incident I’ve had in the past I instantly knew that something was wrong the moment I stepped into the restaurant. I immediately began to pray and ask God for his protection in whatever I was about to go through. As always he completely delivered. I have no doubt in my mind that he was right there by our side the entire time and keeping us free from harm. It’s been really hard on me mentally to shake what happened. It’s brought back a lot of the past and put me very on edge about my surroundings. We don’t always play in the safest of areas and after things like that I start to double and triple check every time I even walk around a corner. It’s difficult to ever take comfort in such unfamiliar surroundings but I take comfort in knowing that God will always watch over me. What bothered me more than anything about the entire situation was when I checked my phone after everything was done. I had several different picture messages from my fiancée about our wedding plans that we have been making. It absolutely crushed me to think about if something happened to me while she was at home working on our wedding. I could never live with myself knowing that. It just continues to prove to me how blessed I am. Every single day on this earth is a gift and I want to make the most of every minute of it. I don’t hate the guy and I don’t wish evil on him, instead I pray for him. He obviously has much more problems than I can even fathom for him to threaten to take someones life over a 3 piece chicken and fries. I pray that God will touch his life and remove him from the life he is living now before he can harm someone else. There is entirely too much hatred in this world and I am not going to be an addition to it. As the saying goes, “an eye for and eye makes the whole world blind.”

“The name of the Lord is a strong tower;

the righteous run to it and are safe”

-Proverbs 18:10