Problems!

 

I know things happen, but often bad things just seem to pile up.  We have Word for the World Mission conference at Calvary this week.  In preparation, we needed a new commercial refrigerator.  Kirk kept freon in our old one, but a tiny leak was daunting.  And it was old (the fridge, not Kirk).  The new one was to be delivered a week before the conference began.  But the new one was soooo heavy.  Miss Tam told them that they needed 4 men, but only 2 came.  They were strong, but the fridge won.  We had to take off the hallway door to get the refrigerator inside , but the2 men just couldn’t get it up the 15 steps.  They left it – upside down – in the stairwell blocking the doorway.  I called customer service and explained the problem.  The man in the call center understood our dilemma.  He lined up a crew to take the old (new) refrigerator outside to be picked up while a new one was ordered.  But it would be delivered 2 weeks later!  A week after the conference was over!  So, when the 2 men arrived to remove the old (new) refrigerator, we convinced them to take it upstairs to see if it would work.  And they did.  And it did!  So, the man in the call center said that Lowe’s would give us a considerable discount to keep the old (new) refrigerator and canceled the new (new) refrigerator order. We had our refrigerator for the conference 22 hours before it began.  Hey, God worked it out and we got a discount!  Romans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”