This may be a bit of a candid post, but it is what it and I am what I am. Yesterday morning started like most others, early. I got the kids up to get ready for school. My daughter got in the shower and I heard water dripping onto the the floor behind me in the kitchen. The pipes were backed up and overflowing my kitchen sink...stinky black water everywhere. I made her plug the tub and finish getting ready for school, sent her out the door, and called a friend to find out if he could help me fix the problem. I called the local hardware store and rented a sewer auger. I ripped out the old toilet in the spare bathroom--actually I broke it apart with a hammer (it hasn't worked in a long time) and what happened after that...well... let's just say I never want to be a plumber. Three hours later I was at the car wash hosing off the auger and my pipes were draining again--and my pocket book was saved the expense of a call to the plumber. All of this now motivates me to rip the stuff out of the bathroom and start over. I already have the new toilet and sink that I bought on sale a few years ago thinking I would get around to it--someday. Well, I guess someday is going to be very soon. I think a lot of people might look at this "crappy" situation and be angry, or upset, but while my friend and I were running the auger the thought crossed my mind that God was using the situation to motivate me to finally do the remodeling to that ugly, outdated bathroom with a carpeted floor. (I hate carpet--not just bathroom carpet--any carpet.) The words from Romans 8 played through my mind, "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."
Is there a "crappy" situation in your life right now? Do you see God working it to your good? My hope and prayer is that you will look beyond what your physical eyes see, and find what God has for you on the other side.
(P.S... I will take some before and after pictures when the remodel is complete.)
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