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Well why don't we just paint the gables green and call me Marilla?
After the great effort my husband put into letting us have the truck so we could go to church (he rode his bike to work) we almost didn't get to go! After picking up a prescription for Ruby's eczema, I asked Topaz to get the dogs inside, and to put the wagon (which we'd used earlier with daycare kids) into the garage.
Within minutes she came running in the house, completely in the depths of despair. "Oh no. I've done a terrible thing. What are we going to do? I'm so completely stupid. I locked all your keys in the garage"
Anne Shirley you are the most exasperating girl!
For some reason I was not panicked at all. I remained completely calm. "Well at least you didn't dye your hair green!" I said.
I immediately picked up the phone, called my husband (who had the second set of garage keys with him) and asked if there was another set of keys around the house? There wasn't. I couldn't go pick him up because ALL my keys were locked in the garage. I couldn't go to church because my keys were locked inside the garage. Get the picture? We were stuck. In Topaz's mind this was a tragedy the size of a tsunami.
My husband said he'd be home in 5 minutes using the company truck. He's the boss man at night so he can do that.
I got off the phone and out loud I laughed trying to lighten the situation for my guilt stricken daughter and said, "Anne Shirley you are the most exasperating girl!" (Topaz, like Anne of Green Gables is notorious for getting herself into scrapes, and reading when she ought to be doing chores. LOL) I said, don't worry dear, Anne was constantly getting into scrapes and she turned out fine.
Topaz wailed, "No she didn't!!! She married GILBERT!!!!!!!!!!!"
ROFL
And Ruby said, "Mom how can you LAUGH at a time like this when all your keys are locked in the garage?!"
Because I have a connection with one who has the key to the situation! Yes my keys were locked in the garage, and by myself I could not fix the problem, but my answer was on the way, so I could laugh in the midst of that situation. I could remain calm. Even before I called, I KNEW my husband would fix this for us.
Sometimes, like my girls, we can be so frantic in our trials, we just don't see a way out. We are in despair over the mess we've made of things. But we need to get our eyes off the problem and onto the Problem Solver! Call Him up. He'll be there on the double with the key to your problem. Oh yes He will!! If my husband, a very busy shop foreman, could drop everything and run to fix our problem, how much MORE will our GOD drop everything and run to us when we call!
Thank you Mr. Diamond for showing me Jesus in you.
By the way, we were only 10 minutes late for church. | 
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