Wednesday, June 4, 2008
why doesn't the Lord consult me on His plan for me? or, in other words, i think i'm being compelled to be humble.....again
as some of you may know, in january a nasty storm came through and took quite a few of our roof shingles away. our roofer informed us that we could file a claim with our insurance and not be penalized for it since the damage was weather-related. state farm came out and looked at the roof and decided to cover the damage to the back part of the roof. it was pouring the day the adjuster came out and he didn't see the damage that had been patched on one side of the roof as well as the back. so, we just had the back replaced since that's all insurance would cover and i spent many minutes being frustrated with the whole thing since they didn't cover the damaged side and the newly replaced roof looked quite a bit different, color-wise, from the old roof. i mentioned this to my agent while talking with him about something else and he told me that i could have the adjuster come back and reevaluate the damage. so, after jumping through many hoops and chasing down roofers and adjusters and tracking faxes, we found out yesterday that state farm is going to replace the rest of the roof!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!! they are replacing the damaged side and then going ahead with the rest since the color difference is so noticeable. the claims agent said they don't normally pay for replacement based on color-matching, but for some reason his supervisor approved our claim for it. so...............i know this is a long beginning to make a point, but i also know that if state farm had seen the side damage in the beginning, we would've only had half a roof replaced and would be in a pickle a few years down the road when the unreplaced shingles needed fixing. once again, the Lord has taken care of us in a way that provided for ALL our needs. and, once again, i am standing at the receiving end of this wonderful blessing and looking back at the process and wishing that i had just been faithful throughout, instead of stamping my foot and growling at the unknown. how many times will i need to be compelled to be humble before just doing it on my own? is that a question i really want answered? i just wish i would mature already! by the way, that's my next project: developing more patience.
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4 comments:
I'm with you on the patience thing although I don't need any trials right now to help me out!
Good insight - thanks for sharing!
I'm with you. Why can't we just have faith throughout our trials? You think we would have figured this out after 30 years of being blessed!
The Lord is so very good to us.
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