November 8, 2018
Proper Burial
Rebeccah likes to tinker with stuff. She always has. Most of the time, she can fix electronics when we think they are broken.
If it is headed for the trash, she always gives it at least one try (and she likes seeing the “guts” of the item too).
Today it was the playstation 2 unit (for the 5th time). We bought it used in the first place and it had a short from day one. Rebeccah has fiddled with it four times successfully, but this morning, all of her efforts led to naught. She had it completely apart. Every breadboard, wire, connection, screw, etc. was separated in her ordered little piles. (Conclusion was “I have no clue what’s wrong with this thing!”)
So I’m trying to work on “Fibbing Fishermen” (#5, it will be out soon) in the Devonians series when I hear Kimberly show up:
Kimberly: “Becky, what are you doing?”
Rebeccah: “Putting it back together.”
Kimberly: “I thought it was really garbage this time?”
Rebeccah: “Yes, but when something dies, we should at least bury it in a proper casket.”
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Seriously? For me, this was just apropos timing. We’ve closed a business, I’ve started a totally unexpected but awesome job, life is shifting into a strange limbo for us right now, and every time we turn around it appears something else is stealing something of value from us.
Bury it. Wrap it and every part of it back in the casket and hide it from sight. That so made me laugh.
Perhaps that’s what God wants us to do with these remaining bits of the past; bury them completely. Hide them away so we are fully open to what God has planned next!
For me, right now, it’s pretty awesome: my job is teaching children (I love this!) and I get to expose each of y’all to something I’ve always wanted to do (gymnastics) as a perk! Granted, we can’t live on this income alone; but it is something I can do very well. I’ve felt a peace about our life right now despite the fact that our insurance is due in 8 days and we are $1350 short, I can’t focus on that. All I can do it do my best and let God take care of the rest.
God will provide a way.
***NOTE*** You know what’s really funny? After Rebeccah put that Playstation 2 console back together for its “proper burial,” it now works. No short, no sticking CD tray, no dying. She and Lucas have been playing football for almost an hour now and no issues. Even though she couldn’t find the problem, just resetting everything back the way it was supposed to be fixed the problem. (It is almost time to go to work so, I’ll think about that more later!)
Thanks for reading!
Type at you later…
~Nancy Tart