"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
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