Day 2: God Given Abilities

A couple of weeks ago our dryer decided to stop heating up. It continued to tumble it just refused to give us any heat. 

Being the engineer I am I seen it as a challenge to be conquered.

God has not given me the ability of dissecting a sentence and knowing when and where to place a comma but he has given me the ability to figure out how things work.

I did a little research online. It is amazing what you can teach yourself from YouTube. After watching 3 or 4 videos I determined it was either the thermal fuse or the high-limit thermostat. However I had read that a couple people ordered the part just to find out that wasn't it and wished they had checked their parts before ordering replacement parts. So I called my dad and asked to borrow his multimeter. (If you don't know what that is don't worry neither did my husband. HA!) 

Turns out it was a good thing I took the time to check our parts because they were both working fine. The next thing to check was the heating element. Bingo. Ours was broken. I ordered the part on Friday at 3pm and it was sitting on our doorstep on Saturday by the time I got home at 6pm. THAT IS CRAZY FAST! I was planning on installing it Monday but couldn't wait. Yes, it is something that I was excited to tackle. By Sunday night my dryer was back together and drying clothes like a champ. 

After completing the laundry today I am reminded again that I am thankful for the abilities God has given me. ~Happy Friday

 For you formed my inward parts;
    you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
    my soul knows it very well.

Psalm 139:14 ESV