So I tried it.
I pretended I was a child this morning when I woke up,
due to all I learned from my grand~daughter this weekend.
Actually I was more like a teen because I slept in.
Anyway, I walked down the stairs into a freezing room,
reminding me that we turned off the heater last night
because it was making some crunching noises.
I disregarded the cold and went right to the espresso machine.
And before I knew it
I was in the basement
on the ground
looking inside the heater,
as I remembered that
the last time we changed the filter
it was all eaten up and hard to get out.
Now I know you are thinking that I am a brilliant detective,
but actually I felt like one in the moment.
And lo and behold the crunchy noise was coming from the new filter
all wadded up stuck in the fan.
Oh the excitement and joy I felt as I figured it out,
and now I was going to surprise my husband and fix it.
Knowing the first golden rule,
I turned off the heater
and then dropped the metal rod I was going to use,
exchanging it for a piece of wood.
Oh I love a challenge.
And with my cell phone flashlight and blurry eyes
I prodded with the stick and squeezed my hand in the small slot
and starting pulling and pulling.
And oh the joy of a the completed task
as I held the wadded up filter in my hand.
Something so simple yet oh how fulfilling.
I ran as quiet as I could be (hmm) to the bedroom
so excited to tell my husband.
After I startled him with a big smile on my face
I told him my news.
He chuckled, and probably not as excited as I,
but I now walked down the stairs
feeling such joy over something so simple.
I am a child.
It doesn't take much.
It does take much when I don't complicate things.
This is crazy,
but as I am writing this
I have a big smile on my face.
GOD used something so little
to remind me of the
SIMPLICITY OF JESUS.
JESUS is so easy.
JESUS doesn't demand from us.
JESUS is gentle.
So today I will continue to be a child
and go back to the
SIMPLICITY OF JESUS.
Will you?
"JESUS loves me, this I know For the Bible tells me so Little ones to HIM belong They are weak, but He is strong
Yes, JESUS loves me Yes, JESUS loves me Yes, JESUS loves me The Bible tells me so" (Anna Bartlett Warner)
"JESUS LOVES ME" (listen to the song below)