It should be no surprise to anyone that a 50-year-old roof needs to be replaced. I had it patched two years ago. Yet when it started to rain the past few weeks and the patch started to leak, I was disappointed.
After all, God has stopped the sun and extended daylight, parted the sea and rained fire from heaven. Surely, he can extend the life of my temporary patch a few more years.
Alas, it is not to be. It has begun raining in one of the back rooms and ceiling tiles are falling requiring another temporary patch. But the bad news is, the patch isn’t going to hold and soon there will be more holes in the roof requiring more patches. I am praying as I am listening to the thunder that today is not the day.
We have a special roof. It is going to cost $50,000 to resurface it. That is a depressing number. It’s going to wipe out my financial assistance budget for the rest of the year. Even though I know it is necessary, it hurts to spend money on a roof when the requests for financial assistance continue to increase.
However, God does not have a resource problem, so instead of praying for the healing of our roof, I am praying that He has something better in mind for us than a patch. Something like a new roof to last another 50 years.
If you could keep us in mind whenever you hear thunder and send prayers up on our behalf, it would be greatly appreciated.