Last night when James and I were almost asleep, I sat up in the bed and said "what's that smell?" He didn't smell anything at first, but soon realized that something that smelled of burning metal or something electrical was coming through our air-conditioning vents.
We turned off the A/C and he went outside to check on the unit. We soon discovered that the problem was under the house and he called down to the fire department to get a thermal imager. There was no fire (praise God!), but there was water backed up in the unit and a fire probably would have started had we left the A/C on much longer.
After the fire truck left and we returned to our rapidly heating house, the reality of what could have happened sunk in! I started thinking about things like "what if this had been a night when James was gone?" or "what if we already been asleep?" My biggest fear in life is that something will happen to Aaron. So, needless to say, I got very upset!
As I tried to calm myself down, I just prayed to the Lord that He would keep us safe and give me peace about the situation. And, then I prayed again. And again...
I finally fell asleep and woke up to the precious calls of "Mommy? Mommy!" over the monitor. And guess what? Everything looks better in the morning! Sure, we have no air-conditioning and I have spent the day waiting on the A/C man to come out. But, we are safe, and I have peace! Now I just need peace about what this is going to COST us! :)
3 comments:
What a scary moment! Don't fret about the repair cost remember like the credit card commercial says, "you, your husband & you baby still alive - Priceless"
Not too many husbands who have a Thermal energy reader just sitting around the house. You are lucky
Thanks for the support. I know it was God's hand that protected us, but it still makes me sick to my stomach to think about what could have happened! (I'm still praying for that peace!)
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