The Little Things

Sometimes it's the little things that give us hope to carry on when we need it most. I'm still continuing through this very painful trial in my life, searching for answers and clarity, battling discouragement at every turn. Some days it's an uphill battle just to make it through the day.

But God continues to pour out His comfort and blessings on me. Two little things happened just today to bolster my spirits.

The other day, when I woke up and went to get my morning cup of coffee from my automatically-timed coffee maker, I discovered that the coffee maker wasn't working. More than that, the outlet itself wasn't working--and that was also the outlet connected to the dishwasher, so that wasn't working either. I went to the fuse box and tried flipping the fuse, but nothing happened.

I left a message for someone at church who has done some electrical work for me in the past, but hadn't heard back from him. Dishes were piling up in my sink, and I was dreading the thought of having to hire an electrician and pay big bucks for something that would probably take 10 minutes to fix.

When I got home from work today, I decided I'd give the ol' fuse box one more try. So I flipped the fuse off and on again, and this time, it worked! A little miracle, hooray!

Another blessing also occurred this afternoon. I needed to return something but had lost the receipt. I looked in my purse, in the trash, everywhere I thought it could be, but no dice. I prayed about it the other day and asked God to help me find it. When I got home today I was unlocking my front door when I noticed a slip of paper next to one of my shrubs. Lo and behold, it was the receipt I'd been searching for; most likely it had fallen out of my purse when I was opening the door earlier in the week. Now, yesterday was a very windy day, so the odds of the receipt actually staying where it landed were pretty slim. But you know that God likes to work against the odds!

Admittedly, these are not the most exciting, earthshattering examples of God's work. But He is showing me that He is faithful in these minor things that concern me; therefore, how much more faithful will He be in the major things, especially this trial that I'm facing?

The steps of the godly are directed by the LORD. He delights in every detail of their lives. Psalm 37:23