Perishable
Good Morning Girls! Well it looks like it is going to be another beautiful day today. It's so nice I think I will....go to the beach? No. Go to the fair? No. Go to my nephew's football game? No. Get together with friends? No. Well, what should I do this glorious morning as a kick off to the final holiday of the summer? I mean, it should be really special. Oh, I know, I will sit here and wait for the refrigerator repair man. He should be here somewhere between 10am and noon. Yep, that sounds perfect!
I've rather gotten used to waiting in 2 hour increments for the repair man to come. In fact, I have waited for the refrigerator repair man to come 9 times this summer! Since July 12th, my family has had a working refrigerator for no more than 4 days at a time. We have been functioning with a dorm room size fridge for 6 weeks. It is to the point where all I can do is laugh because it doesn't even seem possible for a fridge to have so many problems- especially since it is only 5 years old. But, it is what it is....and right now, it is broken. So, I will wait and pray that he shows up closer to 10 than 12. And pray that this is the last time I will see this man ever.
It's funny how I find this so amusing. It's funny because what I now laugh at, earlier made me freak out. I freaked out the first 8 times it broke down. I freaked out because the fridge was the straw that broke the camels back. It seemed to get to me more than any of our other problems, problems which should have had me more upset than a fridge. I don't know- something about the fridge breaking felt so ominous to me- confirmation that we were not going to pull through. Confirmation that it was only going to get worse. Confirmation that our breakthrough was nowhere in sight. Confirmation that if God wasn't going to save my fridge, he definitely wasn't going to save my house!
Oh I know, there is no logic, and more importantly, no faith in that line of thinking. But sometimes our thinking, though it is irrational, gets a hold of our spirit and takes us down a dark road. The devil must have thought it quite amusing that after all the crap he's thrown our way over the last 3 years, it would be a fridge that would break me. A fridge that would have me second guessing whether or not God was watching over me and my family. Questioning whether the God who saves, was going to save me. Questioning God like the crowd did the day after Jesus fed the thousands, "Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you!".
Praise the Lord! I made it back from that dark place. I believe, without any doubt whatsoever, that whether or not the fridge is fridgin', my God is watching over me and my family. He is gong to use this inconvenience for good. He will turn this fridge mess into a message.......hey- looks like He already did!
Here's a verse I came across this morning. I could have used it over the last 6 weeks. Every time the fridge went out, we would lose some food, and that would really get me going. Perhaps the Lord didn't reveal it to me sooner because He knew it would have only irritated me at the time. Now I can laugh with him and say "You aint' kiddin' Lord. Amen to that!"
John 6:27 But don't be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you.
Have a blessed labor day-
Jen
I've rather gotten used to waiting in 2 hour increments for the repair man to come. In fact, I have waited for the refrigerator repair man to come 9 times this summer! Since July 12th, my family has had a working refrigerator for no more than 4 days at a time. We have been functioning with a dorm room size fridge for 6 weeks. It is to the point where all I can do is laugh because it doesn't even seem possible for a fridge to have so many problems- especially since it is only 5 years old. But, it is what it is....and right now, it is broken. So, I will wait and pray that he shows up closer to 10 than 12. And pray that this is the last time I will see this man ever.
It's funny how I find this so amusing. It's funny because what I now laugh at, earlier made me freak out. I freaked out the first 8 times it broke down. I freaked out because the fridge was the straw that broke the camels back. It seemed to get to me more than any of our other problems, problems which should have had me more upset than a fridge. I don't know- something about the fridge breaking felt so ominous to me- confirmation that we were not going to pull through. Confirmation that it was only going to get worse. Confirmation that our breakthrough was nowhere in sight. Confirmation that if God wasn't going to save my fridge, he definitely wasn't going to save my house!
Oh I know, there is no logic, and more importantly, no faith in that line of thinking. But sometimes our thinking, though it is irrational, gets a hold of our spirit and takes us down a dark road. The devil must have thought it quite amusing that after all the crap he's thrown our way over the last 3 years, it would be a fridge that would break me. A fridge that would have me second guessing whether or not God was watching over me and my family. Questioning whether the God who saves, was going to save me. Questioning God like the crowd did the day after Jesus fed the thousands, "Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you!".
Praise the Lord! I made it back from that dark place. I believe, without any doubt whatsoever, that whether or not the fridge is fridgin', my God is watching over me and my family. He is gong to use this inconvenience for good. He will turn this fridge mess into a message.......hey- looks like He already did!
Here's a verse I came across this morning. I could have used it over the last 6 weeks. Every time the fridge went out, we would lose some food, and that would really get me going. Perhaps the Lord didn't reveal it to me sooner because He knew it would have only irritated me at the time. Now I can laugh with him and say "You aint' kiddin' Lord. Amen to that!"
John 6:27 But don't be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you.
Have a blessed labor day-
Jen
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