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Refreshment in Refuge
by Gina Burgess
You know you rock along really well for a long time not doing anything stupid. You don't get all puffed up about it, but you feel really responsible because you haven't locked your keys in the car in years, you haven't locked yourself out of the house in months, and you haven't spilled your dinner on your shirt in days.
Then you do something really stupid like wash your cell phone... in the washing machine... with bleach.
I never took out the insurance on my phone because I've had one for years and years and I've never dropped it in the sink, or on concrete, or in the bathtub. I've used it every day and have phone number in it to reach just about anyone I know. While it isn't like losing my day book, it was crushing to think I'd lost phone numbers to friends in Newellton (whom I haven't called in several years, but it's the connection you see, not actually holding conversations).
Then I found out it would cost $200 or more for a new phone, and I couldn't use my perfectly good phone from previous carrier that was bought by the current carrier because Current Carrier doesn't have those calling plans anymore. I didn't know about switching SIM cards or unlocking phones. I could have even switched batteries. Sometimes I amaze myself at how clueless I am at times.
When you don't have the $200, it is a very good time to pray, so we did. I put the thing on the dashboard of my car (recommended by a customer in the phone store) while we shopped for groceries, and then in a cup of rice (recommended by a customer in the phone store), and prayed some more.
The next day I called my daughter on that phone, and my son-in-law named this post -- only he said I'd baptized my phone in bleach. This is definitely a God-Thing. Let it be known that when you pray, all things are possible with God in control, regardless of what dumb things we do.
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Gina Burgess has taught Sunday School and Discipleship Training for almost three decades. (Don't tell her that makes her old.) She earned her Master's in Communication in 2013.
She is the author of several books including: When Christians Hurt Christians, The Crowns of the Believers and others available in online bookstores. She authors several columns, using her God-given talent to shine a light in a dark world. You can browse her blog at Refreshment In Refuge.
If you'd like to take a look at some Christian fiction and Christian non-fiction book reviews check out Gina's book reviews at Upon
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