Stella, the Olde English Bulldogge, is here with me to have some questions answered about yesterday’s meltdown of the air conditioning.
Stella: Meltdown. Yes. That’s what it was. We were melting. Let’s not do that again. I didn’t like it.
Me: No one liked it.
Stella: The cat liked it. She was not panting. She makes me so mad.
Me: I personally have never seen a cat pant. And she was hot, too. Did you hear her meowing at me and see how she spread herself flat. That was her way of cooling off until the window unit got going.
Stella: The cat was yelling at you. We bulldogs were not yelling at you. Although I wanted to.
Me: Well, it wasn’t like it was planned.
Stella: Humans are in charge. How could it not be planned?
Me: Humans are not in charge of everything all the time. Even the stuff humans make can stop working.
Stella: Why?
Me: Parts wear out. They are not designed to last forever.
Stella: Why?
Me: Well, because they are made by humans and we don’t have the forever thing worked out yet. The Bible says in Psalm 102 that the heavens and the earth will wear out like a garment, but God will endure. The heavens and the earth have been around for a long time. He knows how to make things that last.
Stella: Can He make our A SEE last?
Me: Our air conditioner? If God were in the a/c business, He would make one that would last, I’m sure.
Stella: Is the A SEE fixed yet?
Me: Not yet. The window unit will get us all through until it is. The back part of the house is pretty warm right now so we won’t be spending a whole lot of time back there.
Stella: Oh, oh, let’s call God and ask Him to get into the A SEE business!
Me: He lets humans make machines. He set up the seasons. We have cooler weather in autumn, winter, and spring. Summer is a little more challenging for us. Remember, all of our ancestors, yours and ours, lived long lives without any air conditioning until this last century. None of my own schools were air conditioned until I went to college.
Stella: How did you all stand it?
Me: By the grace of God, we endured.
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