Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it. I hope the test won’t show that we have failed. But if it comes to that, we’d rather the test showed our failure than yours. We’re rooting for the truth to win out in you. We couldn’t possibly do otherwise. We don’t just put up with our limitations; we celebrate them, and then go on to celebrate every strength, every triumph of the truth in you. We pray hard that it will all come together in your lives.
Ever just been in a moment where you have exhausted every idea possible and you still don’t have a solution? You have called 5 different friends asking for advice and followed through with some of their ideas. You have Google searched for every answer possible and still nothing seems to be working on your issue?
Well just recently we have water leaking into our bedroom in the basement and EVERYTHING is getting soaked. Just when we thought it was done, 2 am rude awakening when you step upon squishy carpet on your way to the bathroom. GRRRRRR…you just want to scream, yet you know there is more to this story than just some flood running rapid in the basement!
Today I decided after we had the 15 foot snow pile removed from the side of the house and the water company had ruled it was not a burst or frozen pipe issue that I was going to find an answer to this. After MANY loads of spinning out towels and drying them only to place them right back on the floor to soak up the water, I sought some answers.
Someone suggested a pump but because it is not actual standing water but rather just a slow seepage of water, this would not work. Someone suggested some plastic and duct tape…seemed doable…not so much. See the problem is you can’t just put a bucket under the hole in the wall where the water line comes in because it is just dripping down the wall. So what does a girl with faith do? She prays.
Lord, I thank you for the towels and the washer. I thank you for the dryer and the clean basement floor. I thank you that this is more than a physical thing but also a spiritual awakening. I thank you for the flood of blessings that I cannot contain. I thank you for the patience to ring out towel after towel. Now, I ask the Holy Spirit to ignite my imagination with a solution to catch the running water. Lord, you promised no more floods and I also know that you will replace 100 fold what the enemy destroys. In faith I wait on you Lord. AMEN
Within minutes I saw an image of a baggie and some duct tape along with a paper towel. Hmmmmm..seemed strange but worth a shot. I gathered my supplies and applied this apparatus to the wall…no luck. I thought for a moment thinking I must have gotten the image wrong so I prayed again..waiting on the Holy Spirit…OH! a plastic pop bottle. I went upstairs and retrieved a 20 oz bottle and began to cut it to fit around the pipe. Did not work. Added the paper towel and to my amazement the water flowed right into the plastic pan I had to catch the water.
Now, water still is going on the floor but much less than before, 90% of the water is going into the pan. Praise God! I knew where there is a will there would be a way and it was because I waited on God. Everyday we have to have this same faith. We have to believe that God has a plan for every situation. Yes, EVERY situation. I may be battling this mess for awhile but God has made it easier to manage. What in your life would be easier to manage if you allowed God to fix the problem?
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