At first glance, absolutely NOTHING.
BUT, if you are me, then they mean God cares about the little details of my life.
Let me explain...
Yesterday, was Coralyn's 6th birthday. We had a special breakfast then dropped her off at school. With nothing on the schedule until we came back to school to eat lunch with her, I had some free time to spend with Kellah and Kyiah. They chose to go to the library. I wanted to check out some books on dinosaurs since our homeschool curriculum has us focusing on the letter D and uses the foundation "D is for dinosaurs" for the week. We got some books, enjoyed storytime, and still had a little bit of time before we needed to leave to pick up the sushi for Coralyn's birthday lunch. The library always has 3 or 4 tables with fun activities for the kiddos to do - coloring, blocks, I Spy bottles, puzzles, magnets, and more. Yesterday, they had replaced the letter magnets with DINOSAUR magnets. And they had a basket of toy dinosaurs at one of the tables too. Concidence? I think not. God KNEW we would be learning about dinosaurs this week and arranged for those "little" things to be in place at just the right time. He truly cares about EVERY detail of our lives.
The girls played with the dinosaur magnets and toy dinosaurs and before long it was time for us to leave. We got sushi, had lunch with Coralyn, and came back home.
As soon as Lawrence and Coralyn pulled in from school, we headed out the door to celebrate more. Coralyn chose to eat at Red Robin before heading to Zona Rosa to pick out her Build-A-Bear, a birthday tradition we started on her first birthday. We enjoyed too many fries and then made our way to the store. We had already scouted out which Build-A-Bear Coralyn wanted. She had her heart set on a bear that lit up and glowed in the dark. According to her, she has "ALWAYS" wanted a stuffed animal like that. So it was decided she could get it for her birthday. We walk into the store, make a beeline for the animals, and Coralyn picked up the LightBright Bear. It was the LAST one. I'm not sure what she would have done if it hadn't been there. Cried. Been devastated and inconsolable. BUT, thankfully, there was ONE more LightBright Bear. JUST FOR HER. Concidence? I think not. God KNEW when we would be at the store and saved one last bear just for my precious little girl. He truly cares about EVERY detail of our lives.
We stopped by the play area before heading home, and Coralyn made sure Penelope (what she named her LightBright Bear) had the time of her life and felt ALL her love. Before too long, we needed to get going so the girls could get ready for bed.
On the way home, I was commenting to Lawrence how amazing it was that God had worked out those "little" things today. He then went on to share how God had done something similar at school for him. All week actually. For Reading, he'd been highlighting different skills and techniques his 3rd graders needed to use when they were reading in groups and independently. He explained how they were using a Patricia Polacco book for their unit. Each day God had the pages he was reading be PERFECT examples for the skill/technique he was teaching. On the day they were visualizing, the story had a character mention something tasting like honey. They were able to picture the taste and stickyness and feel and more of the honey. On the day they were getting clues from the illustrations about the mood of the characters, there were pictures of the characters grimacing and shuddering and throwing their hands up in frustration. He went on to share a few other examples that I can't seem to get my pregnant mind to remember at the moment. Again, though, it was totally obvious that GOD had arranged everything to work out the way it had. He truly cares about EVERY detail of our lives.
I don't know what events are taking place.
I don't know what situations you are going through at the moment.
What I do know is this:
God cares.
God is at work.
He is making sure every detail - no matter how small - is perfectly aligned and happening at the exact right time.
He is putting all the pieces together.
He is weaving the threads to create a BEAUTIFUL tapestry.
It may LOOK - or feel - like an absolute mess right now.
I assure you He is NOT finished.
I promise you He will continue the work He has begun.
And I gurantee you when He's done, your jaw will be on the floor.
Your breath taken away.
Your mind blown.
So, remember this God's beloved: He cares about EVERY detail of YOUR life.
Look for Him to be at work in the "little" things.
And then share that with us.
I would LOVE to hear what He's up to!
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