Little Things

Why is it that
it is the
little things in life
that drive us crazy?

I have just moved.... into a smaller house...
that wasn't decorated to my liking...
Hmmmm....
After a month, boxes are still unpacked...

I lost my favorite brownie recipe....
The carpet hasn't been cleaned...
I need another book shelf for all my books...
a smaller one to fit into my smaller room...
Hmmmm....
I haven't worked out in ages....
I need a haircut....
My fingernail polish is from the dark ages...

Notice the me, me, me... in all this?

 

 

Every day of my life

was recorded in your book...

before a single day had passed.

How precious are your thoughts about me,

O' God!

Psalm 130: 16-17

 

 

God is having precious thoughts about me and I'm letting little things like nail polish, a roomful of boxes, and a lost brownie recipe irritate me?

 

 

Hello...?

 

And, yet, according to Matthew 10: 29-31
....the very hairs of your head are all numbered...

So, God does care about little things...



 

...even the hairs on my head--the head that needs a haircut and more...

 



 

It was the little things on 9-11--

when the towers crashed and thundered down

--that saved some lives.

Did you know

that one man was late to work because he had to pick up donuts?

Another lady's alarm clock didn't go off;

one spilled food on her clothes the last minute

and took time to change;

another's car would not start.

And, yet, another was late due to new shoes.

New shoes?

Yes, the new shoes caused a blister,

and he stopped to buy a bandaid at a drug store.

 

Little things....

 

Where am I going with this?

These "little things"--picking up donuts, a dysfunctional alarm clock, spilled food, a blister saved someone's life on that particular day.

Don't let the little things get you down...

they just might be a part of God's greater plan for your life.

 

Remember, God knows the number of hairs on your head (no matter how it looks today).

 

I'm going to buy a brownie, pull my hair back in a ponytail and say a prayer of thanks for a God who loves me and you with incredible love.

 

Thou dost keep her in perfect peace

whose mind is stayed on thee.

Isaiah 26:3