Good Morning Friends! Mighty is our God, Monday! We have a little make-shift apartment on our property….started out as little individual rooms that Kim and I lived in when we first moved here. They look like stores in an old west town; quite a few years ago when our son was coming out to live we pulled them down the hill side by side and built a porch all the way across. Kim, put a little kitchen in the living room, the office became a bathroom/laundry room, and the bedroom got a closet (we had used our travel trailer for bathroom, kitchen, and closet). Hence a make-shift one bedroom apartment! After Shawn returned to California we had several different renters, the last ones moved out two years ago. Kim and I got right on fixing it up…..well for a week or so, but then….well you know….stuff happens. As winter approached, Kim turned the water off and swore he drained the lines…..Two years ago……Well, we have the apartment rented, so we had to get in there and finish up. First thing Kim did was turn on the water……oh boy….guess what……leaks….yep…just a couple he thought not bad. He fixed them, turned the water back on and dang it…..discovered two more spots leaking…..oh not bad he thought….but sure did think he had drained the lines. Well yesterday after church he had to go to Home Depot and get more fittings, we had lunch and he headed back to Lula to get to work the leaks while I went to Walmart for some groceries. I was standing in line when he called me….”Kathie, this place is full of leaks….everywhere!” I could tell he was really upset, “behind the shower and toilet, in the walls…Kathie….it’s a mess!” Poor guy, he was really upset and kept saying, “I know I drained the lines.” I have no doubt that with a little hard work and perseverance that Kim will get all the leaks fixed, but the whole situation got me to thinking. What happens to us when we just sit….unattended……we spring leaks….our faith weakens when our prayer life has leaks, when we are too busy to spend time chatting with our Heavenly Father and reading His word…..our hope gets weak….just like the water lines….we begin to see life dimly…..glass half empty…..we look at things with a negative attitude…Kim will fix the leaks in the apartment (up to nine), but our leaks can only be fixed by our Heavenly Father…..Kim goes to Home Depot for his supplies….we go directly to our Heavenly Father….when we go humbly before Him He fills our leaks with His perfect love. He plugs the holes of sadness and anxiety with His peace…..He strengthens our hearts and minds with hope…Hope for better tomorrows….hope for life everlasting with HIM. Father, forgive us when we let our spiritual life just sit……causing us to have leaks…..Father, bring us to You, fill us with Your Peace, encompass us in Your love.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23. Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Psalm 62:5-6. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7-8. I will listen to what God the Lord will say; He promises peace to His people, His saints. Psalm 85:8. Pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22. Mercy, Peace and Love be yours in abundance. Jude 2.
Love you all
