Dealing with Garbage

Garbages are real garbage indeed that it needs to be disposed of at the earliest. Our kitchen garbage has been disposed of regularly to a nearby garbage dumping bin which basically is meant for the shops in the shopping complex. Since our home is adjacent to the complex we find it easier to dump in the garbage bin there. But of late, we were prohibited to dump any further as that was meant for the shops in the complex. Faced with this prohibition we had to give our garbage to the garbage collector. But to my surprise, the garbage boy was so adamant and would not collect from our home at all for some reason. Perhaps, he wanted some money to be paid? Or, since we never used him for the past years and I had requested him in person but his ego would not stoop down to my request of collecting the garbage in my home? Even after repeated requests he was not willing to budge in and would simply not collect at all even when confronted, reminding him that it was his duty to do so, and he was paid for it in our maintenance bill. Reasoning did not work with him.

For about a week or so we were left in the lurch. Neither could we throw garbage in the garbage bin nor the garbage boy would pick it up. So we had to throw it at a distance garbage dumping area. But that was not the solution. How long could we dispose off our garbage to a distant dumping area? We are the legal resident of the community paying all the fees regularly for the past twelve years. How could I let things just go off? 

I checked with my neighbor and he advised me to lodge a complaint with the customer care. I did that for over a week, calling the customer helpline almost daily. Every time I was promised to solve the issue, yet was never solved. Every time I called I got a formal message stating that my complaint had been registered and would be resolved soon. The same call with the same response had been repeated over and over again. Then I finally decided to take the matter to the maintenance department where I was given a phone number. This phone number was never answered even after repeated calling. Therefore I had to go back to the maintenance department to take them to task. 

Then, I was told to contact another department that handles garbage collection. I went there in person and registered my grievance with the person concerned. He finally promised me that the matter would be solved the same day itself. The same day, a garbage collector came and collected the uncollected gardbage for a couple of days altogether. Then, from the following day, the garbage boy collected the garbage placed near our gate. The proces took over two weeks. Thank God, finally, the issue was resolved.

In this process, I personally, and, we as a family, took the matter before the Lord in prayer. The Lord simply wanted us to trust in Him for all things. Even minute and non-issue like this, which should have been legitimately handled by the community welfare, we need to trust the Lord for it. Perhaps, the Lord wanted us to pray and trust him even for our legitimate rights. In every bit of our lives, we have to trust the Lord. That's what we are being led to.

Thank God for this lesson of trusting the Lord; we find opportunity to trust the Lord in every area of our lives. In dealing with garbages, we need to trust the Lord. Yes, in dealing with life's garbages too, we need to trust the Lord.