Well ... most of you know the adventure already ... but I am using my blog as a journal of sorts for me ... so I have to finish my story!
On Friday, half of our company had arrived and we were still waiting on the man to come install our new hot water heater! So, we were preparing supper with no hot water! Not too bad, but we couldn't wash dishes very well! Right after this young man (from a different country - we couldn't understand him very well) arrived , the rest of our family arrived and we were ready to eat! The plumber proceeded to tell John that this wasn't going to be a simple install. There were a few things that needed to be done to bring this hot water heater install "up to Allen code." John knew the closet needed to be vented more, so he took care of that, but the other items were a bit more involved! There had to be some type of drain installed in case the hot water heater broke again, so it wouldn't flood the house. The problem was that our hot water heater closet is not on an exterior wall. So, he was going to install a more expensive alarm that would let you know if there was a leak, but the closest part was in Irving! No way on a Friday night, and it was already around 7:30 PM! The plumber finally came back with a cheaper solution ... install a pipe from the drip pan at the hot water heater, around the laundry room wall, through a hole (that he had to drill) behind my dryer. The work began as we were putting our kids down (later than usual). John and his brother went to the store to get some supplies while the plumber started working on removing the old heater! The water wouldn't turn off at the heater, so he had to turn the water off to the house! Now, it is really getting fun! At 10:30 I head to bed with Michael. The drilling was still going on and LOUD, so I laid in bed with him and I dozed off. Around 11:30 I awakened and put Michael in his bed, and went and told John and David good night! John didn't get to bed until after the plumber left at 2 AM! Talk about a job!
Well, through this evening we kept saying ... it is ok ... it is only money ... God is in control! Do we believe that "everything is going to work out fine," is what our pastor continued to ask in his sermon on Sunday. I can say that through our frustrating circumstances on Friday, we had no doubt that "everything was going to work out fine!" How wonderful to have peace in the midst of a situation that could cause such chaos ... because God is in control of EVERY aspect of our lives!
All Things Work Together for Good
Hal Brunson, Ph.D.
Isaiah 46; Ephesians 1; Romans 8
To listen to this sermon please click on the link below: http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonID=3190613827
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