Out of Gas

Saturday evening, we suddenly found ourselves without power. A few minutes later, the lights came back on at our house and a few of the neighbours’ houses. But most of the subdivision continued to be in darkness. That did not last long as we once again joined those who were sitting in darkness.

When things like that happen, neighbours will frequently go out onto the lane and talk to each other. People made sure that the outage was reported to the power company. And there was visiting, in the dark, on the street. The only light was from a passing vehicle or a few mobile phone flashlights.

Pastor Lee contacted us and requested that a  weekend guest could come and stay in our guestroom. We welcomed her. We stood in front of our house laughing with the Lee family about the fact that we still had hot water at our house. That was because we still use a propane water heater, and have not upgraded to an electric unit (like they have at the church and at Pastor Lee’s house). Everyone said that they would be over in the morning for showers if the power was still not available..

Our guest came and showered, expressing thanks to us and to God for hot water. We all went to bed slightly earlier than usual because of the lack of electric lights. And, of course, had to get up a couple hours later to turn off the lights when the power was restored.

Sunday morning, Lorne was the last to shower. And the water turned cooler and cooler. The propane was used up. But, we were very thankful there was sufficient for our guest to use. And, we will easily have a replacement tank delivered to our house.

God’s provision is enough. In Philippians 4, Paul could be content with the provision of God in Christ Jesus even while in prison and while he was prevented from travelling to preach the gospel. He was confident that God would provide for all our needs, so that we too can be content through trust in and reliance on Christ. I think God wants us to be content even when we run out of propane gas.

Praise and Prayer