God In The Small Stuff

What a great day…God totally blew me out of the water today, but in a simple, yet extraordinary way. So, if you have been in our house for the past week, you know it was a STEAMER! Our air conditioner went out about a week ago. Of course, this is right before Dan leaves for a trip! EVERY TIME (and I am not exaggerating), every time Dan leaves for a week, something in the house goes wrong. Two times it was our water heater. Another time our basement flooded and the week before the dry vac’s motor blew (so we didn’t have new one yet). And this time, our air conditioner went out. If you remember about a week ago, it was getting HOT! I mean, mid-90s hot. Thanks to the Vriezema’s for letting me stay at their cool house Monday night so I could get a good nights sleep! That family is SUCH a blessing to both Dan and I – and yet again, God blessed us again with them in our life.

So we’ve been wondering how to go about getting our air fixed. It’s about $80 for a heating/cooling place to pull up into your driveway. We thought, eh, we would rather pay someone on the side to do it for us, and give them that $80. Well, it just wasn’t working out. So today, Vriezemas call and wonder where we are at with the whole a.c. I told them it doesn’t work and we all knew the heat wave that is supposed to come this weekend – like mid-90s again. Last week Sunday, it was 85 in OUR HOUSE AT NIGHT. Well, Tim said he’d be willing to take a look at it because he had the right tools. I know zilch about ac units, but through talking with my brother in law, he figured it was electrical. Tim checked the compressors and they were fine. But then he checked one more thing that just didn’t seem right – he used sand paper to clean off the contactors, and lo and behold – OUR AC UNIT TURNED ON!!!!!! I seriously jumped like a little school girl. I high fived, thanked God, and just couldn’t believe my ears and eyes.

Here for a week now, I’ve wondered what to do, but I just didn’t feel like we were supposed to call the big-wig company down here to come and fix it. Yes, patience is a virtue and I learned it. But what I learned more, was just to trust. Yeah, you are probably laughing (like I am) about how “dumb” of a story this is, but really, it’s about trusting God in even what I call “the small stuff.” I am nearing another heart doctor’s appt. and in my mind and heart I feel pretty good about it, meaning not worrying too much. But I have tried to just give it all up to God – why can’t or shouldn’t I do the same with some as simple as a fixing of the air conditioner? Seriously Kristin? Are you worrying more about a AC unit than a heart appt.? Sorry Kristin, but you are wierd! It is all about surrending it all to God. YES ALL. Dying of the old self, and putting on the new. Dying to the worry and putting on the trust and surrender.

Even in the small stuff.

One other little tidbit I was pondering on in the sweltering heat, was even the opportunity to have air! When I sat and thought about it, we are probably part of the .25% (yes that is a decimal point), of the world who actually HAS air. Seriously? It is a luxury if I think about it. When we were in the DR, it was winter there and it was still hot. Yeah, think of it now – these people probably don’t even know what an air conditioner is. Here I was getting all frustrated that we didn’t have it for one hot weekend? I was so upset at myself – I REALLY was. I couldn’t believe I let myself get to that point – having to “NEED” it, when most don’t know they exist. God knew how to put me in my place :).

I know, this seems like a dumb posting. Really Kristin, you are probably thinking? But really people, how many things do we take for granted? Hot water? Vehicles? Fans? Clean water? Ovens? Microwaves? Refrigerated food? Heat in the winter? Clothes? Beds? Shelter? Air conditioners?

So this weekend, when we all turn our air on if we have it, thank God for that little blessing – in the small stuff!