The Scripture tells us that God is even in the details of our lives. He knows the numbers of hair on our heads. Now, my entire life, after age 2, I have had a very thick head of hair. Thick and straight with just a slight wave. It's still thick even at age 66 (which I'm turning tomorrow!) I have a LOT of hair. Yet God knows just exactly how many strands I have!
He cares about sparrows...those common birds that aren't very colorful, yet He made them and He cares about them. He makes sure they eat every day. He cares about them and He cares about us. Even in the little things.
What did I care about on Sunday afternoon? My iphone. I was at church with my husband, oldest daughter, her boyfriend, and his mom for the 11 AM service. I had taken my phone out and put it on silent then had to send a quick email before the first song to one of our pastors at a different site. Then I had to text our youngest daughter. By now, church was starting and I stood up. After church, the 5 of us went into Dave's car to a town about 30 minutes south of our church to have a luncheon for all choir members hosted by a couple who was also in choir. After the lunch, we had our rehearsal right there. I went to my tote bag to grab my phone so I could take some candid shots of choir members and discovered my phone wasn't there. I began to panic because.....our whole lives are in our phones nowadays aren't they?! At least it seems that way. I don't even know my daughters' full phone numbers because I just click on their name in my phone and voila ...the phone rings! Soon, everyone was searching for the phone because I was sure I had popped it back into my tote while I stood up to sing in church. Then I thought maybe I had taken it out upon arriving at the S---family's home and just didn't remember where I set it down. Trust me, the house isn't that large. We were in only 3 main rooms yet we looked everywhere and two of us went out to the car twice. Meanwhile, we had rehearsal so had to stop searching. Then we had a reverse Christmas caroling event in their garage where some neighbors came to hear us sing traditional Christmas carols. By the time we were back at the church to drop off Tyler, Courtney and Evelyn to their cars, it was about 5:15 so the church was locked and dark. The facilities staff had left for the day. (they leave early on the weekends). What was I going to do if I couldn't find my phone?? Oh and to top if off, my choir binder was missing! Really, God?? (That was found next to my tote...someone had moved it for me)
Courtney tried pinging it from her phone and from my laptop where we discovered that even though I have a Macbook and it should find my phone, the "Find my Phone" feature was turned off on the iphone! You have got to be kidding me! So....I had to spend the evening asking friends to pray that I would find my phone once church opened up at 8 AM this morning.
Did I find my phone? yes...it was in the sanctuary right under the seats where Dave and I were sitting. Thank you, God!!
Why am I sharing all of this? because stuff like this tends to cause me to worry. I kept thinking "if I can't find my phone, because it's on silent AND the find feature is off, I can either pay money to one of those sketchy find my phones websites that aren't icloud or Apple related OR I can buy a new phone which is at least $800 I really don't want to spend. And then have the annoyance of starting from scratch. Entering hundreds of contacts, adding the apps, etc etc.
God showed up last night. He gently nudged me whispering that He is in control That He is in the details. That I am not to worry but I am to pray. I contacted close friends I do life with and also put it on Facebook. My husband said (and my friend Shawna, too) "it's gonna be at church" I went to bed peacefully and had a good night's sleep.
But I have to tell you: that anxious feeling did try to take over. I had to purposefully fill my mind with Philippians 4:6-8 and seriously meditate on it. Then I had a message on FB from one of my long time friends (who was the maid of honor in our wedding and goes to a different church) that she had read Philippians 4 this morning and thought of me. Confirmation??!!
Friends, when life does these kinds of annoying, first world problems, we need to remember that God is in the details. He knows exactly what we need, when we need it. I spent the evening eating the pizza Dave ordered, finishing up a series Courtney and I have been watching together for the last 2 years, and enjoying the time with her. She even gave me my birthday card and a little gift that evening as I won't see her tomorrow (Dec 9) on my birthday. Do you know what she gave me? A cardinal ornament. Cardinals always have reminded me of my dad. And my father was totally into the details of life. Just like my heavenly Father. This was, to me, a sign, that God was in this detail, too. He knew where my phone was. Maybe I needed a phone free day. Maybe He wanted to show me once again to just trust Him with the little things.
Whatever the reason was, the phone is back, the Find feature is on, and I am thankful for a God who cares about the details.
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