Post by Cindy on Dec 15, 2017 12:06:51 GMT -5
Back in September, the freezer portion of our refrigerator started acting up. It wasn't freezing all the food. It was a real surprise because it's not that old. I think we bought it in approximately 1999. We called our favorite repairman that we knew we could trust. He checked it out and for quite some time couldn't figure out what the problem was. Finally he told us that the fridge was dying and that it wasn't worth fixing it as it would cost more than to just get another one. That was really bad news because we couldn't afford a new one or even a used one. When I asked him how long we had till it would die completely, he scratched his head and told us that it should already be dead. That was what he couldn't figure out. He said there was no way that the fridge itself should work at all and that the freezer shouldn't be freezing anything instead of just freezing some things! I told him then that I knew why it was still working - it was because the Lord knew our financial circumstances and was keeping it going till we could get another one somehow. His eyes lit up when I said that and he said that was the only thing that made any sense to him for sure! He warned us though that without God maintaining it that it could die at any moment (and should!).
Thankfully, we also have a very old freezer (at least 35 years old I'd say) that we bought years ago for just $35 dollars, and it still works great. So we put all our frozen food in it. But that was really inconvenient as that freezer is out on the porch. So little by little we'd bring in some meat and other things and put it in the freezer of the fridge to see what would happen. We discovered that the freezer would freeze most meat just fine. But it would only freeze the bottom layer of a package of hot dogs and not both for some reason. Nor would it freeze bread. But it would freeze vegetables, but not french fries or pizza. It also won't freeze ice cream, but instead the ice cream comes out like soft serve.
So for now we have about a weeks worth of meat in that freezer so we don't have to keep going out to the porch every night.
We've been trying to come up with some way to get a new fridge but really haven't other than getting a credit card or another loan from the bank. Neither of us like or want to do either of those. We like to pay for what we buy when we buy it, and don't believe in living on credit. Obviously, if we have to, we will, but until the Lord makes that plain, we won't go ahead with it. The Lord is still keeping it running for us though, so I'm not worried about it. I'm sure that He will show us what He wants us to do about it before He allows it to quite working altogether. I'm so grateful to the Lord for how well He takes care of us. Even when we haven't known to pray for something, and have taken the blessing of something we have for granted, He still helps us. It's certainly made me much more aware of the many blessings that I've taken for granted over the years too. So now I try to remember to thank Him for those regularly as well as thanking Him for keeping our food cold now! What a blessing He is to us in so very many ways. I imagine that when we get to heaven we're all going to find out that He's kept us safe, taken care of us, and granted us a whole lot of miracles that we were never aware of!
Thankfully, we also have a very old freezer (at least 35 years old I'd say) that we bought years ago for just $35 dollars, and it still works great. So we put all our frozen food in it. But that was really inconvenient as that freezer is out on the porch. So little by little we'd bring in some meat and other things and put it in the freezer of the fridge to see what would happen. We discovered that the freezer would freeze most meat just fine. But it would only freeze the bottom layer of a package of hot dogs and not both for some reason. Nor would it freeze bread. But it would freeze vegetables, but not french fries or pizza. It also won't freeze ice cream, but instead the ice cream comes out like soft serve.
So for now we have about a weeks worth of meat in that freezer so we don't have to keep going out to the porch every night. We've been trying to come up with some way to get a new fridge but really haven't other than getting a credit card or another loan from the bank. Neither of us like or want to do either of those. We like to pay for what we buy when we buy it, and don't believe in living on credit. Obviously, if we have to, we will, but until the Lord makes that plain, we won't go ahead with it. The Lord is still keeping it running for us though, so I'm not worried about it. I'm sure that He will show us what He wants us to do about it before He allows it to quite working altogether. I'm so grateful to the Lord for how well He takes care of us. Even when we haven't known to pray for something, and have taken the blessing of something we have for granted, He still helps us. It's certainly made me much more aware of the many blessings that I've taken for granted over the years too. So now I try to remember to thank Him for those regularly as well as thanking Him for keeping our food cold now! What a blessing He is to us in so very many ways. I imagine that when we get to heaven we're all going to find out that He's kept us safe, taken care of us, and granted us a whole lot of miracles that we were never aware of!
hmm... hot dogs and ice cream... pizza and french fries... really?? 
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