God never makes mistakes

Tonight, we arrived at Smoky Mountain Tower to get some things done. I decided to scoot over to All Decked Out for a few minutes before our guests arrived. Imagine my surprise when I found the road blocked and power lines lying all over the place. This is what it looked like:


The problem was that a dead tree fell on the power line down the street, almost a block away. It took out the pole - and the wires - in two directions. Here's the source of the problem:


A close-up reveals that a fair amount of damage has been done to All Decked Out. Take a look:

So why do we say "God never makes mistakes?" Here's why:

• This happened at just the time God knew we would be in Gatlinburg and could take care of the problem.
• We had guests arriving at All Decked Out - but they are friends from our church. So we just brought them over to Smoky Mountain Tower to spend the night.
• Our guests would have been there when the power lines fell, except that God made them get lost!
  
• If this had happened last week or next week, we would have had to pay for our guests to stay in a motel - in addition to what we're already going to have to pay to repair the damage to All Decked Out. Yes, we have to pay, because the electric company says it was an "act of God." They're right! He chose the exact moment for that dead tree to fall - when He knew we would be here to take care of it. There was no wind, no storm - the dead tree just rotted out at that exact moment.
• If this had happened 30 minutes earlier or 30 minutes later, both our guest's car and Mike's brand new car (Mike is a permanent resident across the street from All Decked Out) would have suffered severe damage - none of which would have been covered by the electric company.
  

God does not EVER make mistakes. So we will trust Him to get the electrician we've called to show up tomorrow morning and fix our part of the problem. Then we'll trust Him to get the electric company to come out quickly and reconnect the service. And we'll trust Him to get the cable company out to get all that hooked up. And we'll trust Him to provide the money to pay for the repairs (because it will be less than our insurance deductible). And especially, we will thank Him for making this happen NOW - not last week, not next week, and not when anybody was there who could have gotten hurt.