God Cares…even about the little things-Part 2
Every night, regardless of how tired I am, I feel like I absolutely have to let God know how grateful I am for everything He has done in my life that particular day. It is amazing when you take the time to do that how it puts things into perspective. All of a sudden, whatever happened that day that appeared to be bad is overshadowed by all God has done.
- Wow God, thank you for waking me and my family up this morning
- We are in a house that has air-condition because you know I can’t stand the heat
- We have choices about what we want to eat and what we don’t
- Actually, more importantly, thank you for having choices period
- Thank you that I can pay my bills
- No one is sick and requires a hospital stay
- I can actually get out of bed (because I remember a time when I couldn’t)
- Thank you that my car started because I don’t have money to get it fixed or get another one right now
The list goes on and on…and you don’t even have to look hard to see all He has done. When I start doing that, I ended up recalling different things that God has done now and in the past and it puts a big smile on my face. I can’t help saying “I am soooo grateful God that you are my Daddy and I am yours and you are mine…I will not have it any other way”!
This takes me back to a summer a few years ago when we were living in Georgia. As I am writing this…I have a huge smile on my face because I remember….Things were extremely tough for us financially and I don’t mean maybe. Everything we had to do that required money would turn into a big dramatic process because we would try to figure out how to stretch the little bit of money we had. If we had to go grocery shopping, we would have to make sure we had money for gas just to get to the grocery store, then what could we afford to buy, etc.
Anyway, we had just finished our grocery shopping and got home. We were exhausted and hot. Anyone that lived or lives in Georgia, knows how hot and humid it gets in the summer. We were sitting around in the apartment trying to figure out what we could do that didn’t require money. After going through a number of options and feeling miserable because practically everything required money..we decided to just go and hang around the apartment community’s pool. My sister just kept on saying how much she would love an iced coffee. You see, that is one of her favorite summer treats. I felt so bad for her because it is not like it is an expensive treat or anything, but at that time, it might as well have been a car. I offered to make her one but we didn’t even have the ingredients to do so. So, she resigned herself to the fact that she wasn’t going to get her iced coffee and she will just get over it and move on.
We got ready and headed down to the pool. When we arrived, we noticed that they were a considerable amount of people at the pool. No surprise considering how hot it was! At first we didn’t want to swim because it was so crowded. Then we realized that the pool wasn’t actually crowded, just the pool side. The reason it was so packed was because they were having a community event. Well you won’t believe it but….
The community event they happened to be having that day was a meet and greet; and the way they were doing the event was by creating an iced coffee bar where they were making any iced coffee you wished. We couldn’t believe it!!! Only God!!! Only God would care enough about the fact that my sister desperately wanted an iced coffee, but realized we couldn’t afford it, so she decided to let go of it. We sat at the side of the pool with this huge grin on our faces. We knew, that that day, that iced coffee, was a gift straight from the throne room of God. No other iced coffee has tasted as good as that one because of the Provider.
It just goes to show..don’t just give up on things because you feel it is insignificant. It is not always about the big things or the necessary things..sometimes it is just about God being a Daddy and because He cares…..even about the little things.
