This has been a stressful week for me. We had to have some work done on our home. We had vinyl put up on the fascia and soffit around our home. The gutters and downspouts were not installed properly the first time. So, we ended up with some rotting wood from rain that sat or backed up into the eaves.
Like any home owner I wanted everything to look nice and be done the proper way. So as the workers worked I made at least one-hundred trips out the door to check on the progress each day. They only worked for three and a half days putting up the vinyl. I know that I drove them crazy and probably made them a little nervous.
Originally my husband and I had wanted, and it was agreed that certain things would be done. When the original sales person had to step down because of sickness, his supervisor took over and started trying to talk us out of some things. Then we were told that the color we wanted wasn't available, so we picked a new color. Then after thinking about it and looking at some other homes that had brick a similar color to ours we changed our mind. Only to find out that the new color we picked didn't have bead board for our porch.
When the workers were almost done I asked about the other things that we had originally wanted and they said they weren't on the work order. I told the workers to please ask their boss about it and if needed he could call me.
Now anyone that knows me knows that I really don't like confrontation. Not that I'm not capable of it, I just don't like it and will work diligently to find a peaceful way of working things out. I was ready to stand my ground on this one though and had started getting myself ready for a battle. A battle that kept me from a peaceful nights sleep and caused me to have a miserable stress headache the last morning of the work.
I sat and rocked and crocheted and rocked some more. Then I got up and cleaned some. All stress relievers for me. None of it was working. The more I played out in my head the way the conversation might go if I had to talk to their boss, the more stressed I became. Yes, I'm one of those that prepare and try to think of every scenario that might happen. Sometimes to the point of making myself sick or angry about things. O_o Did I tell you I really don't like confrontation?
Finally I sat in my rocking chair and picked up my Bible. We have been studying Romans and since that is where my bookmark was I opened it at that point and started reading Romans 2. After reading two chapters I flipped over to Romans 12. As I read chapter 12, it became apparent to me that I had not prayed about things and turned them over to God. I was carrying everything on my shoulders that morning. So I sat and prayed about it and asked God to go before me and to work things out. About 10 minutes after I prayed I heard the worker outside speaking on the phone with his boss. A few minutes after that I looked out the door to see the work that I had wanted done being completed. My heart just jumped for joy as I praise God! I knew that He had heard my prayer! Confrontation avoided and best yet I never had to say one word.
The work is not quite finished, there are still gutters that need to be put up. But, the majority of the work is done and the gutters and downspouts should only take one day.
I will be so glad when everything is completed and things get back to something that resembles normal around here.
So any way the moral of this story is, Trust God, don't stress and pray, Pray, PRAY!
Blessings to All ~S~
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