The Rudder

What is it with me and frogs and always trying to save their lives. This morning like most morning's, I find critters in the pool. I know that if I don't rescue them, they get sucked up and drowned in the skimmer. There is much wildlife her at the base of the Appalachian Mountain Range, so everyday since I'm the first one up, a rescue is done. This morning just happened to be a couple frogs. We have a daily visitation from a couple quackers as well, and they sometimes leave a special present for me, that you don't want to step in. This time, those "Baby Ruth Bars" were in the pool too.



I rescued, cleaned and then chlorinated the pool and turned on the pump, when water started spouting out like a geyser, This morning is NOT starting out right. Not another expense! Can anything else go wrong. But that still small voice inside told me not to worry.



I used to have a tennis ball saver, that used pressure, to preserve an opened can of balls in. The instructions said to be sure to use Vaseline on the o-ring every few uses, or the pressure would escape and leak air.



This thought from years earlier entered my mind at this time. Could that geyser be a result of just adding a little petroleum jelly to the o-ring on the pump housing? Amazing but true, I cleaned the filters while I had the housing off and looked at the o-ring that was noticeably dry, gritty, and lacking the lubricant needed for an air tight seal. Wa la.



I love free fixes, but more importantly, I gave up the worry to the Lord. The end result was the free fix. Now if I could just give up worry on the foreclosures, the job search, the non paying renters, the mounting debt etc...I have a lot of things on my plate to worry about. Or not.



"When I find myself in times like these

I know I can to be close to Him

But it's a while before I can see

Why He's got me in the state I'm in



Learned to trust in God the first time well

Only to find I need to learn again

So he gives his Spirit and time to tell

When another lesson will begin..."