Sealed and unclogged.
Yesterday, I shared about my terrible Tuesday and the fun that was happening in my bathroom with my geyser-esque toilet and my standing-water shower. I texted my landlady yesterday morning and she assured me her maintenance man would be out to fix both that morning. I held my breath as the shower has been a pestering issue for at least 8 months. Yesterday afternoon, I got a text from my roommate who indicated Roto Rooter would be at the house at some point.
Evidently, the maintenance man wasn't able to fix the shower thus the call to Roto Rooter. However, he did resolve the issue with the toilet which was a broken seal as I was later told. A broken seal....I'm still pondering that one as far as the spiritual correlation.
When I finally got home yesterday, the Roto Rooter van was about to pull out of my driveway. I was unloading groceries and my landlady's husband was checking the bathtub again but water was still standing. He called the Roto Rooter guys and they came right back. Mr. Rooter came in and flushed the tub with hot water and he indicated it was fine now but if we have any more problems to give them a call. My landlady's husband suggested we check it again and we did and this time the water emptied in no time. While we were doing that, he told me that the Roto guys had said that there was stuff way down deep in the water line, not just in the tub pipe. Those things were also hindering the toilet. But they cleared the line and as we soon saw after our tub test, everything was flowing freely.
Stuff way down deep in the water line. I find it interesting how these circumstances in the natural are very much reflecting that which is happening in the spiritual for me. The Holy Spirit is Roto Rootering my heart so that things will flow freely. Scripture says the following in Proverbs 4:23
Above all else, GUARD YOUR HEART, for everything you do FLOWS from it.
Now, mind you, I am just processing, but I am wondering if part of my issue has been guarding my heart incorrectly.
I mean, for our physical drain, we have a stopper and we have a hair catcher thingie (yes, that is the technical term). Both have a purpose but neither were really any good with the water line clogged. The hair catcher thingie may have caught some hair but it mattered not because there was so much other junk in the line. And then the stopper wasn't really necessary because the water stopped on its own due to the clog.
For my heart though, I think for too long I have kept the stopper in place, guarding my heart, yes, but preventing the Lord from getting to it completely as well. If I am really honest, I take the stopper off for short intervals but then I put it back on, out of habit, partially. Out of protection seeking, most definitely. I think Sunday was me removing the stopper and now the line is being Roto Rootered by the Holy Spirit. Part of me is thankful that I wasn't home to see the tools the Roto guys used or see the junk that came from that place but I am quite positive I am getting a first hand experience myself instead.
This morning, as I took my shower, I was greatly relieved to not be standing in ankle deep water. The drain worked perfectly and the water exited the shower faster than Speedy Gonzales!
Now, I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty excited. But at the same time, it felt strange to not be standing in water during shower time as I have for the past several months. It's definitely going to take a few days to get used to. But I am clinging to the hope that pretty soon, my heart will be unclogged and the water will flow freely. Oh, I look forward to that day!
I end today's blog with the scripture that is now my facebook status and my hope:
But you, O God, are both tender and kind, not easily angered, immense in love, and you never, never quit. So look me in the eye and show kindness, give your servant the strength to go on, save your dear, dear child! Make a show of how much you love me so the bullies who hate me will stand there slack-jawed, as you, God, gently and powerfully put me back on my feet.~Psalm 86:15-17 The Message
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