Next time I’m at the store I pick up three more belts. I put one on and go half round the yard. CHUNK. The belt gets chewed up and spit out. Well, I thought, the guard cover wasn’t attached tightly maybe that will make a difference. I put another belt on and make it half way around, then CHUNK. 2 For 2. Better do something different. After getting out the owners manual, I figure out I need more torque on the belt tensioner, make the adjustment, and finish the yard with no problem.
With the sin I was mired in it always ended with the same result. Insanity: doing the same thing over again and again expecting different result. Every adjustment and self help trick that I had tried on my own had always failed. Finally I got out the manual, the Word of God. What I needed for my tensioner was true repentance and humility and then the power from Christ was there to keep me on track and not flying apart.
-D.K.