Lockdown 153

Lockdown Day 153 - 26 August 2020

I have a confession to make and a story to tell. First, the story. After posting last night's blog, I slept like a baby until 03h00. I got up and went to the kitchen for a sip of water. Upon turning the corner I thought, why is everything so dark (duh, 3 in the morning is always dark!) ?

We have an inverter system with batteries that power our lights and a few charging points for when we have load shedding. We also have a very bright green light on top of the fridge which goes off when Eskom power is off. It is so bright at night, it lights up the kitchen/living area. And this morning at 3 it was off.

I wondered how we missed that on the load shedding schedule. But after having my water, my eye caught the street lamp as well as the house opposite the street's lights - both were on! Now I was awake as can be, went to the DB board and saw the trip switch had not tripped. Then I went out through the front door to see whether our matchbox street's lamps were off and found everyone's was on except ours. 

By this time I had hubby awake too, worried that something else was wrong; the recently burnt down house still fresh in our memory. After visiting the DB board again, my eye caught our prepaid meter: 0 units left! With a sinking feeling I chastised myself for letting this slip. Normally I am on it. Needless to say, I lay awake untill 05h30 and fell asleep for a fitful 45 minutes. 

I awoke with a jump wondering if I could buy electricity on the estate's app, got my glasses and saw I could! After 3 minutes I had power! So I have to confess I was a real blonde on this one. Not only did I forget to reload, but I didn't know the app had that feature! We use the app daily to enter and exit the estate with a QR code, but  never bothered to look further. 

I could've saved myself the insomnia and reloaded at 3 am. No mess no fuss. But those 2¼ hours flew, because I thought of a quote that says, when awake at night, ask God what it is He wants to talk to you about. So I started to pray, and soon I felt His presence bringing a calm I knew I needed. I realised I just had to put my feet on the Rock, so He could steady my hold. 

"My being is satisfied as with marrow and fat, And my mouth praises You with singing lips.

When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches." Psalm 63:5-6. Ggt.