Just thinking about tender mercies... thought i ought to write abt a few of them. I have to tell you that these are personal and sacred to me. but they are my testimony that there IS a loving creator who is our Father in Heaven. i cannot deny that i know this, and here are some of my reasons...This past week we had a toilet clog. I understand that’s not a big deal, but it has happened so often that I am just soooo disgusted by it. …and it didn’t just clog, but it overflowed…so there was brown poopy water everywhere. And as I plunged and plunged, it splashed all over me. I felt like a kid who had fallen into an outhouse hole. It WAS that disgusting.  But there’s more to the story…. The week before, it had happened again. After plunging and snaking for a very very long time, I finally called a plumber. He came and spent a good 15 minutes working on it w/his industrial snake. …and between that and the new water heater that was needed, we spent $500. So I could NOT afford to call him again. I spent an hour trying to snake the poop, but couldn’t get the snake down at all. Twice I left it, figuring I’d leave it for Eric to take care of when he got home. And twice I returned feeling guilty. But I was using every muscle in my body to get that snake down, and it just wouldn’t go. I was sweating like crazy, and on the verge of tears. Finally I said a silent prayer as I was plunging, “I need help. I can’t do this by myself. Please. We can’t afford the plumber again. Please” ….and AS I WAS PRAYING, I FELT THE SNAKE HANDLE START TO GO LOWER… I’m not kidding either… it was  a little miracle. A true blue miracle. Sure enough, the toilet unclogged and I was able to flush it, clean it all up and have the bathroom fresh smelling again. And STILL had time to shower before p/t conference!