What a Beautiful Day today!
♥The Machine That Didn't Act Up
In 1968 my husband, Billy, was about to go to Vietnam,
leaving me in Nashville with a three-year-old, a second child on the way-
and an erratic old washing machine. Every morning the machine would
merely complete it's wash cycle and then stop dead, it's tub full of soapy, undrained water.
Billy had a way of fixing the machine: taking the top off, jiggling a wire. But what would we do when Billy went away? In the meantime I prayed for Billy's safe return to us, and I didn't think about the washing machine until the day after he left.
That morning I reluctantly filled the machine with dirty clothes and then said, "Lord, what am I going to do with a three-year-old, a new baby and a busted washer? Please, God, help me through this."
An hour later I returned to the machine and...to my amazement...the clothes had gone through a complete wash and rinse, and were now ready for the dryer! For days after that the washer continued to work perfectly. Soon I forgot the problem altogether.
In January 1969 Billy came safely home. He brought a duffel bag of dirty clothes. That very day I threw them into the machine and quickly returned to the living room to be with Billy as he got to know our new son.
An hour later I went back to the washing machine. Can you guess what I found?
Soapy, undrained water!
I could only laugh and feel more blessed than ever. Billy was home and the washer was back to it's old dirty tricks! -Annette Sims
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Blessings to you and yours! Have a Happy Day with the Lord Jesus! -Rev.Debbie *
