Sump Pumps

Year 6 - Day 242: Today, I am grateful for sump pumps.

We've had a hard fast rain yesterday. The kind that comes with flash flood warnings. In the Midwest... the land of tornados... we have basements. Our sump pumps keep them dry when things get wet.

The fresh, cool water is welcome, but when it comes too hard, too fast and too much at once, it is overwhelming and can cause flooding. Sump pumps are another mechanical servant that receive little gratitude. Some of us even have a backup battery for the sump, in case the power fails in the rainstorm. Sump pumps make a difference.

Our goofy dog Sandy was a Cocker Spaniel mix. Did you ever have an aunt that was kind of grumpy but you loved her like crazy because her unique personality was who she was. She called things as she saw them and that was that? If Sandy were a human, she would be just that personality. She wasn't warm and fuzzy, but she was loyal and well mannered around the house. She didn't make messes, but she wasn't a big lover or cuddler. That silly dog was in love with the sump pump. I am not kidding.

Sandy would lay by the sump pump and wait for it to come on during a storm. She didn't like thunder, but the sump pump wooed her to its side. Randy used to think I was kidding, until he witnessed it himself. The dog didn't really care for other dogs or most people, but she was devoted to the sump pump when it would start to sing her a love song. Crazy? That was Sandy.

A working sump takes so much stress out of the storm experience. We trust it to do the job it was created to do.

Trust. It grows as we come through each storm with a dry basement.

Now, our Lord is far greater than a sump pump. We can trust him through the storms. With each storm we walk through, our trust grow. Now, sump pumps can fail... but Jesus never fails. He might not always answer as we wish, but his faithful presence is always with us. We need only seek His face.

Jesus is better than a sump pump. Sump pumps can fail. Jesus never fails.

Psalm 63:8 says:

I cling to you; your strong right hand holds me securely. -Psalm 63:8

He doesn't fail or run out of power.

Still, every time the storm passes, I am grateful for a dry basement... and the sump pump that holds back the waters.

Today, I am grateful for sump pumps.

Still, every time the storm passes with a dry basement...

Today, I am grateful for sump pumps.