When it Rains, it Pours...

A few days ago Matt put the FuzziBunz in the dryer in the morning and since I was leaving the house before the drier was going to be done I stopped the dryer. I figured I would start it back up when I got home. I did that, but when I went to take the diapers out they were still wet. I was busy (note yesterdays blog for all that jazz) and didn't think anything of it, so I just turned the drier on again.

The next load of laundry I did was diapers again and again they weren't dry when I took them out, but silly me I thought it was the diapers, which by the way makes NO sense in retrospect- I know this. So today I put in a load of Lauren's stuff - since it's getting cooler and I had pulled out Fall outfit options that have been stored away. Gotta love and be thankful for the gracious people who have given us hand me downs and loaner clothes. Well anyway, when I opened that load of laundry and it was still soaking wet, it finally dawned on me that the dryer might be broken.

Poor Matt has spent the last three hours pulling out the dryer and going down the check list of things it might be. He has since determined it is the Thermal Fuse. This is a part we have to order or pick up from a store that is closed already for the weekend, so it won't be fixed tonight. But again I'm grateful for Matt being able to do the problem solving and labor to fix it so it will just cost us the part. God is great!

I do have to say that I have remained rather calm through the course of the last weeks events. I think there might be two time I can recall feeling like I might burst at the seems, but it pasted quickly and quietly. I just keep reminding myself that life is full of bumps in the road and a lot of energy gets wasted on them. I credit God to this new found sense of peace. I've been building my relationship with our LORD by devoting more time to reading and studying His word.

I feel overwhelmingly blessed these days. Lauren is a major part of this blessing. It is very hard to look at her and not see one of God's miracles. I also want to be an example for her. I want her to grow up knowing how great our God is. I wish for her spirit to be nurtured with God's water from an early age, so she can go to Him and receive His loving embrace when she needs/wants it.

I came to know God's grace when I was in High School. I've always wished that it had happened sooner. Once you see how great our God can be it's infectious and you want everyone to know the weightlessness of being in relationship with Him. The worlds problems don't go away but when you've got God the burden of navigating through them and around them is so much easier. So if it's raining, may God's living water pour over me!

"always be thankful. For this is God's will for you who belong go Jesus Christ." Thessalonians 5:18