God Answers Prayer In His Time

Have you ever had one of those moments of realization when the only right response is, "God is soooo good!"? We are in the midst of one of those right now. Let me tell you about it.

Ever since we bought our house we have been aware that the wiring would need to be replaced at some point. It's the original knob and tube wiring that was put in the house when it was built in 1924. We had mentioned the need to several people years ago and a friend sent us a substantial gift to help with the cost. That was in 2005. Since then we have tried to raise the funds we needed to complete the project but it has not been forthcoming. Although other folks tried to help, things just didn't work out.

Last year Keith and I both had a dream within a week about a major house fire (this was right before we left to be in California for 5 weeks!). That brought thoughts of the old wiring in our house but, not having the funds yet, we prayed, put our faith into high gear and left for California. It did make us think that perhaps God was nudging us to move in that direction but still nothing seemed to work out. The gift we had received for the rewiring project was less than half of the quote we were given to complete the work.

This year we decided to reevaluate all of our insurance coverage to see if there were some lower priced but comparable coverages out there. As we completed an application for new house insurance it asked if we had knob and tube wiring. Beside the "yes" answer it noted that this was a disqualifier which our agent confirmed. We felt this was God's way of letting us know it was time to get serious about replacing the wiring regardless of what it was going to cost.

Last week we asked an electrician friend if he could suggest someone to help us. He recommended Ben. Before the week was over Ben came, saw our house, talked with us about the project and said he could start Tuesday of this week! And the quote he gave us....are you ready for this? The quote he gave us is exactly the amount of the gift that was given to us in 2005 for the rewiring project. Ha! Isn't God good?

Ben and his wife Kathy work together to get the first wires from the basement to the attic.

Ben and Kathy have been here two days this week already and have two rooms completed. They are truly a joy to have in our house! Thankfully they love dogs and clearly they love working together too. I look forward to each day they come here to work. By the way, after they finished the bathroom wiring yesterday I went in to get everything back in order. I tried to plug the night light in and couldn't for the life of me get it in the holes! It finally dawned on me that it was upside down. You see, the sockets that were in there before were put in upside down so our night light has always faced down! Ha! A new kind of normal. :o) Now our airplane night light can fly right side up!

We knew we had a need to rewire in 2002 when we bought the house. In 2005 the Lord provided for the need. And in 2009 the timing was perfect for the need to be met. The moral of this story? Wait on the Lord's timing. He has such good things planned for us!