I am sitting in my daughters living room. There is a hole in her ceiling. It represents many things, one of the things it says is no more leaks. It also says dad was here, water dripping and slightly ugly. The biggest things I can say about the hole is success. The drip is fixed, the water is gone and eventually when dad comes back again in the winter it will be fixed and no one will ever know.
We tend to look at holes in our lives as more than simply damage control. Someone once told me the scars on their body reminds them they lived through it and are alive. Other people see the scars and lament the scars and miss the lesson.
We have a hole in a ceiling of our house. The difference is we are on the other side of it being fixed. They haven’t solved the issue yet. There will be more holes before they get done. How do I handle the holes? Well for one, I left home. Actually we have a wedding, but sometimes we run away when the holes appear. It’s scary, it’s frustrating and in our case very smelly.
God allows holes in our lives to remind us and teach us to depend on him. He reminds us that we are not in control of this life. He reminds us that a hole is not a bad thing. God uses holes and leads us to learn something about ourselves and how much we rely on God.
So look at the holes and see God working. Look at the holes and be thankful God have you a hole for him to repair. Be thankful your hole is not like others holes. We all have our holes and comparing holes just gets our souls in a tizzy. However, I would rather have Addlea’s hole right now because the problem has been fixed. However, I am not home for a few days so therefore I am thankful. Hopefully my sisters house doesn’t have a hole. It’s a wedding weekend for us. But if there was a hole, sometimes God tells us to wait until he has time to fix the hole. I don’t like the thought of waiting four days before the plumbers can come make a plan and then two more weeks before they can solve the problem. But waiting is a part of life and I have friends I can go visit when the smell gets too bad. And we open the windows! And I am sure God is laughing just a bit . Find the humor in holes: it makes them appear innocent and amusing. And we are much happier people when we are laughing at the holes and around them with other people: people help us tolerate our holes much better. 
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