Great Is Thy Faithfulness

Oct 4, 2014 – “Great is thy faithfulness” are the words to an old hymn – but today’s events got me to thinking of how faithful God is too me each day, if I just let Him unfold it for me.

            A week ago this past Sunday, I mentioned to a friend at church that a couple of my faucets were leaking and would he come and look at them. Without a second thought he said he would as soon as he could. The end of that week, on Saturday, he called to tell me he would be right over. While looking at the hookup of the faucets, etc., we discovered that my garbage disposal had been leaking for some time and quite a bit of old, moldy water had accrued on the floor of the cabinet. We soaked it up with several old towels and rags and because it was causing us both a little problem with our allergies, we left it and I said I would clean it up shortly. However, I soon realized that I have difficulties getting down on my knees to get at it. I then called a friend from church, who came right over, got down under there and cleaned the whole mess up. On the following Wednesday night, at Bible study I mentioned to Joey that I could be home on Saturday morning, if he had time to come over. He said he would see how it would work out. Because I was having to adjust to how I used the sink, I became a little impatient at not knowing how soon this could be taken care of. On Friday night I asked a friend if she knew a good plumber and she gave me the number of the man she uses on her properties. When I called him he said that he was out of town, but I should call him the next day at eleven a.m. as he would be home and able to come over and see what I needed.

            This was last night – shortly after I got up this morning, Joey called and said he was on his way over. Knowing I had to return this call at eleven, I asked him to give me an idea when he would be here, and he said shortly! Well, about five minutes to eleven came, and I was sitting reading – The Tribulation Force – one of the Left Behind series. I laid the book down, and thought about the fact that I hadn’t heard from Joey, thought he would be here by now, etc. and trying to decide about calling the other gentleman. As I stood up to go get his number, the thought came to me – Be patient, Nancy -  I am in control of this and all will be done in the right timing! The thought had barely left my mind, when the doorbell rang and there stood Joey and another man. When he introduced me to his friend, the man turned out to be the man I was supposed to call!!! Immediately I knew that by trusting the thought that had occurred to me, this was the answer to it. In a few minutes he knew exactly what I needed, they left and soon returned with the parts needed and within a couple of hours had me all fixed up. The three of us, spoke several times during the time they were here, how we knew this was the Lord at work and acknowledged His presence in it.

            All afternoon and this evening I have pondered this and while listening to the Gaither Gospel hour and hearing the hymn sang – Great is Thy Faithfulness – I realized that is something I should do everyday - think of how many times God has ‘come through’ for me this day – and how much I have been blessed because of His Faithfulness, but along with that goes my need to put all of my trust in Him. Thank you Lord, for another proof of your ever presence in my life. Help me to see it more and praise you more for it.