For the last three months, since before Christmas,
I have not had electricity or a light over my
bathroom sink. It continued not for the lack of
my attempts to get it fixed, however. Have you ever
had a project or intent that seemed to be blocked no
matter what you tried?

Since this happened 9 months ago ( I just realized the
synchronicity of the length of time for a pending birth),
I had an electrician come at that time. He could not
determine what the problem was but he spliced
the wires anyway and it started to work again. I guess
that it had to incubate just like the fetus.

Since this happened during the holiday season, I could
not devote much time to it so I just made do. It is a good
thing I am not a male as I would not be able to see to shave
or have electricity for an electric shaver. Those two plugs
were my only source of electricity in my bathroom.
My thought this time was that it was the light that was
shortcircuiting the connection in the wall to the light
switch and the two electrical outlets.

Because of all the snow, we had a new man who plowed
our street who turned out to be a handyman. I was thrilled
because he agreed to come check it out. He came at the
same time as the Sears repairman who was installing a new
motor on my garage door which had frozen halfway up. My
oldest son was here also as he was shoveling paths for me
since the snow on my roof had been shoveled off the day
before blocking access to my birdfeeders.

It took him about a half an hour and he said he got the
wall plate to work but then it went out again so
my guess was right. I would need a new bathroom
cabinet and a light as the old one contained the light.

He was going to come the following week but ended
up with a family emergency so it was almost three
weeks later that he could make it. In the meantime,
I went shopping and found a cabinet that was the same
size so I would not have to paint the wall and I got
the light that would hang over it.

When he came, he could get no power and was
confused as to why. He and his brother checked
the attic and found the wires that came to that
switch but could find no problem with them that
would cause the power failure. He said I would
need an electrician that could locate the problem
as he was not qualified to do anymore than he
already had.

He gave me a choice: put the old medicine
cabinet and light back up or put up the new
cabinet that I had bought. I decided since the
old one was down and it still might have caused
the problem, I would have him put up the new
cabinet that is mirrors and polished chrome that
mirrors everything. Then……the lights I had
purchased did not protrude enough from the wall
so the cabinet was blocking the light coming from
the downward facing bulbs and shades.I needed to
return these and get a different light combination.

He gave me the name of a licensed electrician who
came over the next week and spent two hours trying
to locate the problem. It seems the bathroom breaker
goes only to that wall plate. The other wallplate has the
switch to the ceiling light and a switch to the fan. He even
crawled on his belly in my crawl space to see where the
wires went to under my house.

His final determination was that there was a wire somewhere
in my walls that was dead to the plate but live from the breaker
panel. That could be very dangerous to have a live wire
and not know where it is. He disconnected the old
breaker and put in a new one with new wire from there
to the attic and then down into the bathroom wall.

My house is only 18 years old so the wires are not old.
All of this frustration and expense to have a working
light over the mirror so I can see myself. Yuck!!!!

I love the new cabinet as it has mirrored doors which are
mirrored on the inside of the doors also. You can open the
doors and see yourself from all angles. I am not crazy about seeing
my wrinkles but I love the way I can see my whole head of hair.
I have not been able to see the back of my head clearly for
3 months and that is a challenge for a lady.

A couple of days later, I had an AHA moment as I came to the
realization that this whole episode has an entirely new meaning.

I was not seeing my self clearly for who I AM. This had been a
period in my life where my vision was blocked from being able
to preen and focus on my physical appearance. Why?… I was
not illuminated! I was separated from the Light and not seeing
the solution clearly. Yet, I was cared for the whole time by God.
All of these steps were necessary so that I would be protected.
The electrician also discovered a wire in my attic that had been
chewed by a mouse so he was able to fix that too.

How many short circuits did I experience and why?

The main thing here is Connection and Illumination. Had I lost my
connection to the Divine? Had I allowed the storms (snow) of life
to disconnect me from the Source of my Light? Was I too busy
complaining about Mother Nature and not appreciating the beauty
of the season? Most importantly, did I not see or appreciate the
way Nature was conspiring to bring family and neighbors together
to help each other?

A dear friend of mine sent me this YouTube video which seems to
answer all of these questions.

This message and the photography are both stunning and beautiful!

ENJOY!

http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Sr4TC32XUTE

Love and Light,

Mary Grace

www.TheWoundedChalice.com
www.TheWoundedChalice.com/blog
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