It is 6:27am and I woke up. I thank God I can say that. I put some socks on and headed to the bathroom to relieve myself and went to put wet items in the dryer. It is not something I normally do but I thank the Lord that I was able to. Last night, I practiced a song with my son for a concert I have to plan at church. We had dinner and after I made up questions for the children's Sabbath school, I became very tired and decided to rest in the family room which is my half converted garage. I woke up to ask my son to put some things in the sink to help me clean up. I heard him moving about doing so and not too long after it seemed...or maybe I fell back asleep, I smelled something burning.
That smell woke me up immediately.
I jumped up and rushed around the corner to find our kitchen table was on fire. My son had disobeyed me and while I was out of the room, he lit up the candelabra that always sat in a low rectangular basket with two bath and body works candles, plate embellishments, the second TV remote he was not supposed to know about, a box of matches, and a candle snuffer. I threw water at it a couple times and each time the flames shot higher and higher.
I finally got some sense and hit the blaze with the fire extinguisher. I should have started with it the first time flames nearly hit the ceiling. From 10pm to after 1am I spent time cleaning up.
I have smoke still in my nostrils and now trapped in my lungs. I'll take a bath and see if I can produce enough mucus to blow some of it our because my nostrils were pretty black. Smoke stained every kitchen surface, the living room, the laundry room. I thought I would have to throw away my table but I was able to separate the burned items from the top and scrape away wax to smooth it down and clean. I will need to get sandpaper or a sander to try to remove the top layer since the table was harshly branded and that burn is not restainable.
I am thankful for God waking me up in time to stop the fire. I could get out from where I was but if my son was back there, he wouldn't know and we would have a huge issue. I am thankful for my son, that he was unharmed and I could hold him and keep him safe. I am thankful for God protecting us. I thought to myself that I could save the table and experimented with other baskets to cover up the burnt areas, but I realized that I would need a table cover. I headed to the guestroom/storage room and thought I only had a red round table cover. The one I used for my former apartments. I looked but couldn't find it. I turned off the light but decided to take one last look for at least something and just as I was about to leave, in plain view I saw something not really familiar. I pulled it out of the bag it peeked from and it was a natural khaki colored table cloth with ruffles on the bottom. I don't remember where it came from, may have been gifted by my mom, but I thank God for helping me to find the perfect table cloth I didn't even know I had like a needle in a hay stack.
I wiped the walls, plants, ceiling, reset the table with the cloth, chargers, dishware, and base place mats I wanted a chance to use, mopped the rooms a couple times before going to bed.
Today is a brand new day and I am thankful and grateful that I can exist in it.
God is good. Praise ye the Lord!!!!
Good afternoon .....have to add on to this post. It's 1:35pm. The music program went well despite one party not being able to show up and an unexpected addition. My mother stopped by for the beginning of the program and it was a pleasure to see. I am home now to a cleaner but still smoke smelly home and I have to comment on something that happened that I did not expect. Before we were to start, the final participant came in with what appeared to be her family. But there was someone walking with her who was very familiar and for me not a face that I'd want to see.
I am a sinner and am absolutely not perfect. I will have to look back on a posts I made last year but I basically got involved with someone who I had no business dealing with at work. I tried to stand steadfast but eventually I allowed the person to beguile me and work their way into my life where they had no place being. The judgment and results of my behavior are fully deserved and serve as a strong reminder that I have to put my everything before God and not think I can get away with sinful behavior.
The person who was their was friends with the person I was dealing with. It seemed everywhere I went, this friend was there. I also had a dream about him that was not good. I dreamed he was involved in a homosexual relationship with the guy I was wasting my time with. I usually don't have dreams and when I do, there is something special I have to pay attention to. I don't know if how they were in my dream is true to life but I know of my errors and that he is aware of how hypocritical I was last year.
So let this be a lesson, a warning to you to make sure that you do not present two different sides of yourself. Be the same person in all circles of life. Don't let the enemy beguile you. Choose to do good and live always in the light. Everything will be revealed in the end or perhaps sooner than one would like. Why would you want to embarass your self and your Lord and Savior.?
If you have made poor decisions, mistakes, know you can go to Jesus always. I thank Him for His grace, HIS forgiveness, and His mercy and know that even though I have a super stupid past, I have help to have a marvelous and better future with His guidance.
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