Things We Take For Granted

You may be asking yourself, what does this picture of a rotted out bathroom floor have to do with religion? Well, read on to find out.

We had a disaster in our bathroom last week (let me point out that our house is small and we only have one bathroom.) The pipe that feeds the water into the toilet had a slow leak that went unnoticed for a long time. Recently it became noticable when we had to continually mop up water on the floor. Finally the pipe burst and we were forced to make some repairs.

We had a plumber come out and fix the pipe and make sure the toilet was in good working order. He pointed out that the floor was rather mushy between the tub and toilet and we should have it looked at. We called a contractor to come and take a look, and sure enough the floor had been ruined from the continuous leaking. He had to tear up half of the bathroom floor and replace the sub-floor which had rotted out and become very mushy. If we had let it go on without repair we would have eventually fallen through the floor one day!

The whole point of this is that we tend to take many things for granted; such as having a toilet that works when you flush it, or a sink to wash your hands in. While the contractor was here we decided to remodel the bathroom and had him tear out the old tile on the walls and the old medicine cabinet, etc.

The project has taken three days so far and he will be back tomorrow for another two or three days before the job is complete. I took off from work on Thursday and Friday to be here while he was working and it was quite a problem not having a bathroom to use. I had to run up to the grocery store or McDonalds every time I wanted to use the bathroom. Now he has the flooring complete except for the new linoleum which had to be special ordered. The toilet is back in place, but the bathroom sink is sitting in our living room until he can lay the new floor.

What a blessing it will be when everything is complete and things are back to normal! All of this inconvenience got me to thinking how we tend to take many things for granted. I hope that God is not one of these things that you take for granted. He is always with us and sometimes we forget about Him until we are in need, then we will call upon Him for his help! We should be in constant contact with God, not only in our times of need. We should not take Him for granted! I pray every day and thank God for all of my blessings, I hope that you do too.