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Fix It or Feature It

blog-20-feature-itBrenda’s Blog – June 24, 2014

 “Tower View Baptist Church” read the sign.  As I drove along the highway all I could see was the over-sized water tower which dwarfed the small, wooden building sitting in its shadow.  The sign grabbed my attention and I paused to study the situation.

Then I started laughing.  Years ago a dear friend told me, “If you can’t fix it, feature it!”  Some very wise people in the congregation had a marvelous sense of humor.  They couldn’t move the tower, but they could make lemonade out of lemons.

There have been water towers looming over me in my life.  I did nothing but complain.  How much more productive to laugh!  Laughter is life’s lubricant.  When I get too serious, the gears create friction and make a grating sound in my soul.

A commercial running on TV features a disabled veteran who has only one hand.  Rather than wallowing in grief and loss, he becomes the star in a house cleaning tools ad.  He features what he couldn’t fix. Joni Eareckson Tada’s injuries as a teenager left her a quadriplegic.  She refused to be overcome and now leads an international ministry serving other disabled children and adults.

My Dad used to tell me, “Always distinguish between a problem and a fact of life.  A problem is something you can solve, so work on it; a fact of life is a given so don’t waste time on answers, just accept it.”

When life throws water towers at me, I hope to remember the Tower View Baptist Church, make myself a very large sign, and smile.

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