This winter our furnace stopped working. For Midwesterners that is actually a very big deal. The repairman said because of the age of the unit combined with how much money the parts/labor were that the best option would be to 'bite the bullet' and purchase a new HVAC unit. Six thousand dollars later we had a warm house again. This massive bill meant that our tax return was spent before we even received it. We pastors count on those annual tax refunds. This also meant that our savings account was almost completely depleted (which does not take much). I am sure many of you can relate to this. Living paycheck to paycheck is truly nothing to complain about. It is hard enough to manifest total reliance on God when we have a week's worth of food in our pantries (which is true of most Americans). This explains why we rarely, if ever, pray "give us THIS DAY our daily bread."
Anyways, just this week we had some more unexpected expenses involving automobiles, home repairs, and few other things. Sometimes all the planets in life seem to collide, don't they? I wrote the following text message to my brother in Christ and deacon chairman Dick Hunziker. Tires are apparently below legal driving limit. Wash machine not working (again) and we're still recovering from the cost of replacing the furnace and air conditioner this winter. Prayer welcomed.
