God Is a Funny Dude!

"For God commands the angels to guard you in all your ways." - Psalm 91:11

I left work today laughing to myself when I realized how God helped me out.

This morning everyone in my office ordered breakfast. I asked for a bagel with cream cheese and since I'm not a coffee drinker, I ordered the bagel with my usual hot chocolate. When the delivery came, every order was correct, except that I was missing my hot chocolate. I shrugged it off and ate my bagel anyway because I wasn't going to complain about a small hot chocolate, although I was pretty upset.

Fast forward to the end of the day when I was leaving work and thinking about what dessert to have with dinner. I thought about chocolate and what I could have in its place since it's what I have given up for Lent… and that's when it hit me - I ordered hot chocolate out of habit, forgetting I wasn't supposed to have any chocolate, but God took care of me and out of all the other orders that were delivered, my hot chocolate was the only thing missing. Some might call this a coincidence, but I know it's not. This is how God works in even the smallest things to help us along. When I realized what He did today, I started laughing. I thanked Him and said, "good one!" He's a really funny guy… ask Him to show you that side of Him.

Today's Prayer:
Lord, thank You so much for looking out for me in small ways. It's in these details that You show me how much attention You give me. Open my eyes so that I can see Your work in all areas of my life. In Your Name we pray, amen.

The Small Things

"As for you, every hair of your head as been counted." - Matthew 10:30

When a baby is born, I always notice that one of the first things parents do is check if the newborn has 10 fingers and 10 toes…not that they can do anything about it if the number isn't right, but I can imagine that as a parent, they want to make sure their child is perfect and everything is ok. One of the reasons I love God so much, is that He is like this parent who examines us inside and out because He wants us to be ok. The bible is filled with passages in which God speaks about how He knit us together in our mother's womb, how He guided us from before the time we were conceived, and even how He knows about all of our days before they even happen. Jesus tells us here in the gospel according to Matthew that even the number of hairs on our heads are known to God! From time to time we think and feel that God isn't around, that He's abandoned us, but the fact that the Creator of the universe even watches over the hairs on our head shows the extraordinary care He takes with us, even when we have no clue that He does it. And if He is so precise and so detailed about these small things, things that seem insignificant to us, how about in the larger things? It puts me at ease to know how He watches over me. It puts me at ease to know that I am precious to Him. Today, He might not have to speak to me through a burning bush, or split the sea for me,… just the fact that He's keeping track of all my small things is enough for me

Today's Prayer:
Lord God, in Your arms and in Your presence I want to stay forever. When I'm down and when I'm happy, help me to be grateful for Your love and attention. In Your Name we pray, amen.