The shelf had been wobbling for awhile now, possibly a couple years. One of the pins that helped hold in it place kept working it's way lose. This was mention to the husband who went to buy new pins, but those were the wrong size. Simple fix right, go back to the store and purchase the right size pins. Unfortunately, this did not happen.
Eventually, the wife switched the dishes on that shelf with dishes on another shelf so it would help make the shelf a little more stable. Still every few days the pin would pop out again. The good news was she became very good a getting the pin back in place.
"The hole is to lose, a new pin won't work. I need to move the shelf down one hole," proclaims the husband.
"Then fix it," replied the wife.
Still the shelf remained broken.
This all came to an end this week. As dishes were put away the pin once again popped out of place, this time it became hidden.The wife was unable to find it.She had hoped all would remain well until this situation could be fixed.
"Crash, shatter, crash, shatter, crash, shatter" came the sounds.
She knew at once the shelf had indeed collapsed and glasses were breaking. Strange though how two didn't shatter to pieces.
Is that how we are? Do we keep putting band-aids on problems? Do we quickly fix it hoping it will just somehow go away? Then one day we come crashing down shattering into millions of pieces, or some how we remain intact when the inevitable happens.
I guess it depends on how strong our faith is in God. As soon as a problem arises do we take it immediately to Him? The one who can save or help us fix the problem. Or do we just try and fix it ourselves? Or do we try the wrong solution and never try the right one?
With God all things are possible, He may not fix it the way you would like. He though knows what's best for us and we can become the glass that hits the floor but remains intact.
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