Saturday, day 3 of the home reno was by
far the most stressful. I think I heard the guy accepting another
job starting Sunday, so I'm guessing he decided it was time to hurry
up and get done. The problem was he called in the cavalry with two
extra men and didn't let me know before hand, left me feeling very
uncomfortable.
Anyway, I was about to rush out to go
and get the paint when they called me upstairs with a problem. Seems
the original builders did a nasty and installed the drain trap
diagonally across the base of the shower instead of straight. The
new drain fitted but the metal plate at the top did not want to fit
in the normal position. Their solution was that I needed to go and
get new piping and an elbow fitting. I wasn't having any of that.
After looking at the problem myself I figured the plate would fit and
that all that was needed to fix the problem was to add two small
metal washers so that it would hook in properly.
With solution in hand I rushed off to
get the goodies and paint and then once that was done things smoothed
out for the day. What frustrated me though was that here are guys
who do this every day for a living, why could they not figure it out?
Why did I have to find the solution, a women with no plumbing
experience....... :-(
In our spiritual lives we can get
ourselves into a similar situation. Something small just doesn't fit
and then we want to throw in the towel. Lets use a practical
example. You feel you should have a quiet time in the mornings but
you are just not a morning person. Well then, grab a verse for the
day in the morning and do your quiet time at night.... problem
solved!
I'd like to encourage you not to let
small things trap you up in your relationship with God. Focus on the
bigger picture and figure it out.
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