The Septic Alarm!

by | Jan 13, 2012 | Uncategorized | 12 comments

I awoke this morning to the sound of an alarm.  The alarm on the septic take is alerting

us to a failure in the tank.  It is not a pleasant wake-up call.

A septic failure means no removal of filth. No flushing the potty, no baths, no laundry, no clean dishes.  It means toxic back up into our lives.

If the failure is not attended to quickly, then in time diseases which can lead to death are real possibilities.

I begin to think about the septic tank and sin in my life.  What if I could not remove it, what if I could not wash daily in the Word, or know that when I gave Him my filth it would be completely removed.

What if my only robe had no hope of having all spots or wrinkles removed.

He has awakened me with an alarm this morning and caused my ear to be attentive to His voice, reminding me to begin each day with Him, confessing our sin and need for His salvation, to wash in the Word, and to robe ourselves in His righteousness, and to learn His ways and share them with others.

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. Isaiah 50:4

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Diane W. Bailey

Diane W. Bailey is the founder of The Consilium – an online community of wisdom and purpose for women over 45 years of age. She is a published author. Her books include String of Pearls – From Tears to Treasure, and 30 Days To A Better Stepfamily. She creates her own line of precious metals bracelets. Diane lives in the Deep South with her husband Doc. Together they have created a stepfamily, each having two stepchildren and two birth children, and share three grandchildren, one black lab named Charlie and one long haired tabby cat named Lil Girl. Diane’s passion is to encourage women to be all God has created them to be by pressing past fear and daring to live life as an adventure. Some of her life adventures include traveling to Israel, speaking, entrepreneurship and backyard farming with Doc. She loves Gumbo, fried shrimp and seeing all sunsets across water.
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12 Comments

  1. Kristy Hawkins
    Kristy Hawkins on January 13, 2012 at 9:45 am

    Awesome!

    • dianewbailey
      dianewbailey on January 13, 2012 at 10:00 am

      Thank you Kristy! Keep warm today!

  2. Ashley Mays
    Ashley Mays on January 13, 2012 at 10:17 am

    Oh no! Haha- I definitely remember a few times when this happened to my family as I was growing up. 🙂 What a great parallel between the septic tank and sin, though. 🙂 Happy Friday!

    • dianewbailey
      dianewbailey on January 13, 2012 at 10:19 am

      Not a fun way to begin a day! But there are lessons to be learned. Thanks for stopping by Life Images, hope to see you again!

  3. Ashley Pichea
    Ashley Pichea on January 13, 2012 at 10:19 am

    What a great analogy and teachable moment!

    • dianewbailey
      dianewbailey on January 13, 2012 at 10:25 am

      Ashley, it was a teachable moment. I can see the Lord chuckling a bit as he beings This lesson! Thank you for stopping by Life Images, hope to see you again!

  4. Kristen
    Kristen on January 13, 2012 at 12:25 pm

    I love how you take such an unpleasant situation and let it move you closer to our awesome God. So well done, Diane!

    • dianewbailey
      dianewbailey on January 13, 2012 at 12:31 pm

      Thank you for stopping by Life Images, Kristen! I love visiting chasingblueskies.net!

  5. Katrina Jackson
    Katrina Jackson on January 13, 2012 at 3:30 pm

    Amazing that you were able to take a pretty terrible situation and turn it into a learning moment for yourself! Thanks for your beautiful thoughts, and good luck with the septic tank!!

    Also, thank you for stopping by and commenting.

    • dianewbailey
      dianewbailey on January 13, 2012 at 5:10 pm

      Hi Katrina, Thanks for stopping by Life Images! Hope to hear from you again!

  6. Lindsey V
    Lindsey V on January 20, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    What a brilliant example about how time with Him cleanses us…through the power of His blood!

    We had septic issues off and on for a couple of months at the end of last year, so totally FEEL your pain. Did you get it all sorted out?

    Thanks for stopping by my blog last week and for making a REAL connection. I truly appreciate it!

    • dianewbailey
      dianewbailey on January 20, 2012 at 8:34 pm

      Thank you for stopping by, Lindsey! We had a switch replaced and something else ( what I don’t know about septics…) and it should be fine! I have loved connneting with you!

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