Major and Minor
"The Lord made you; He formed you in the womb and he will
help you." Isaiah 44:2
By late morning I had finally gotten myself outside. Armed
with a pair of trusty clippers, I was ready to tackle the
overgrown bushes in the back yard. I was getting into it and
having fun chopping and trimming. All of a sudden I realized
I was hot as a firecracker and about to have a heat stroke.
I threw all the branches in a pile and jumped in the water
to cool off.
That was when I noticed the bracelet my husband had given me
was no longer on my wrist. I was angry with myself for
wearing it to do yard work.
Carefully I moved the cuttings, one by one, watching for the
bracelet to fall. All the while, I was looking at where I
had been working. It would be nearly impossible to spot it
in the high grass or the flower bed rocks.
I said to God, "Lord, you know everything. So you know where
EVERYTHING is. Therefore, you know where my bracelet is. It
is not the biggest thing in the world, but it is sentimental
to me. I should have taken it off, but I didn't. Now, I am
asking you to show me where it is, and - to please let it be
in plain view."
I finished moving the whole trash pile, sighed, and looked
up. There, on the decking, was the lost bracelet. It was
perfectly curled on a narrow piece of wood between two
cracks.
I thought, God is SO nice! He not only loves me, but He
likes me! He shows me in the most real ways. Maybe He
dispatched an angel to lay it there for me to find.
In the big picture, it's a pretty minor thing to lose a
bracelet. It's major, though, when God so clearly reveals
his caring in the ordinary things and our everyday lives.
And if God takes care of minor things like this, how much
more then will He take care of us, and the important, major
issues in our lives?
Sally I. Kennedy Author of "52 Little Parables from Ireland" (Creation House Press) Irish Thursdays http://www.sallyikennedy.com sallyikennedy@bellsouth.net