A true story about a fridge

 

As I mentioned a few posts back......we've been in need of a new refrigerator for quite some time....but we've just tried to make-do with what we have.  If your fridge is laid out like mine....there's a little drawer right in the middle 
(that's where I keep.....kept.....my yogurt).
Well....anything you put below that drawer freezes as solid as if you had put it in the freezer!!!

So....being the frugal (cheapskate) person that I am…..I searched on Craig's List for a good deal….and I found one....or so I thought!!!
 
 Just the kind of fridge we were looking for….even had a few extras….still under warranty….and the price was much better than the “in store” price.

Well….I go to the bank to get the money to pay the lady (she asked for cash)…and I really dreaded just going to the bank….which should have been my first inclination that something might not be right.

And, if that wasn’t enough….it was pouring down rain….I go into the bank and notice it’s somewhat empty....I was actually the only customer….to find out that their computer system was down and they couldn't perform any transactions….which meant that I couldn’t get the money.

So….I come back home still having that little feeling deep down inside that maybe this wasn’t the wisest decision I’d ever made….buying a fridge off Craig's List.  But....we had already told the lady "yes" and I didn't want to go back on my word.

Anyway….long story short…..Pappy gets the money from the bank when he gets off work….borrows a truck and trailer from his brother….takes our son-in-law away from his family for the evening to help load and haul the fridge….goes to the lady’s house….only to find out that it wasn't at all in the “excellent” condition that she described it. Pappy said it had dents in the front…..scratches on top….and was filthy.

The moral of the story.....

....if it sounds “too good to be true".....

....then, it probably is!!!

And….we need to learn to listen to that

“gut feeling”…
(that still small voice)...

...and trust our instincts!!!

But....the reason why that "deal" didn't work out.....was that God had a better plan (and doesn't He always!!!).


Let's go back to the very beginning......
about 3 years ago my fridge quit working altogether.  We called a repairman to come work on it and he worked for hours and couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.  He finally told us that he thought lightening had ran in on it.    I knew that my mother-in-law had just gotten a new fridge, so I called and asked her what she had done with her old one, which still worked.  She told me she had given it away and asked me why.....so I told her about our plight with our fridge.

Now....you know how in scripture people were given names that they lived up to, be it good, or bad?  Well.....most of you know by now that my hubby's name is Jack.....and he certainly is a jack of all trades.  He took our fridge completely apart.....found 2 little wires that needed soldered.....did just that.....and VOILA.....she started working again!!!

Fast forward to about 6 months ago and that's when it started freezing.  A thermostat was purchased and installed....didn't help.  Some other part was purchased and installed.....still didn't solve the problem.  So....that was when the Craig's List story came into play.

So....we started searching for a brand spankin' new fridge.  Have y'all priced those things lately?!?!?
All I wanted was a GE fridge.....the old timey kind, with the freezer on top.....21 cubic feet....with an ice maker....and they are close to $1,000.00.  
Well....I told Pappy that I just could not bring myself to pay that....and that we would just wait until our fridge quit working altogether, then we would do something!!!

Now....go back to last weekend.
Pappy went to see his brother and he asked if we had ever found a fridge.  Pappy told him no.  My brother-in-law told him that he had one we could have.  I told Jack that I didn't want to take anything for free from him.....and sort of brushed it off.  Then.....I asked Pappy a bit more about it....where did it come from....what kind was it....things like that!
So....he took me to see it.

And.....here's the story about my "new" fridge.
The refrigerator was bought by my mother-in-law at an auction at her church sometime before she passed away going on 2 years ago.  It was left because nobody had purchased it, so she bought it.

Now....y'all might think I'm a crazy, old, fanatical woman.....but.....I know in my heart of hearts that she bought this fridge with us in mind because she knew we were having trouble with ours.
Know how I know that so well?!?
My "new" fridge.....is a GE....21 cubic feet.....freezer on top.....with an ice maker!!!
And....the best we can tell....it's only about 5 years old!!!

It's not odd....it's God!!!

Monday blessings to each of you!!!


In His Most Precious Love....and with mine!!!