The Little Things

You don't have to read far in the Bible, Old Testament or New, to know that we serve a God who can do BIG things! Even today we hear stories of those things...the person who shouldn't have survived, the one who you thought God would NEVER reach, and raising support tops my list of BIG things God has done! Everyone likes to tell those stories, and for good reason, they inspire awe. We truly have an amazing God.

Today, however, it was the little thing that caused me to be amazed by my God. Sometimes we almost expect him to be in the big things. Big things are his job. But some of my favorite awe inspiring experiences have been when God does something that makes me realize that despite His GREATNESS, he cares about the smallest details of my life.

I mentioned in my last blog that I was going to be teaching in a Kindergarten classroom. I had wanted to work with special needs kids, and Kindergarten wasn't necessarily my first choice of places to serve, but was the place where there was a need. I wanted to make the most of the opportunity that the Lord had given me and yet I must admit that I was a tad disappointed and had to apologize to the Lord for not fully letting go of MY idea of where I wanted to serve. Well I got there this morning and one of the parents asked if I was subbing. I told her that I was new but that I would be in the room weekly from now on. She replied that she wanted to let me know that her daughter is autistic!!! I could not believe it. What a joy to have this sweet little girl in class with me and what a blessing from the Lord to put me in just the right place even though it didn't look like I thought it would! Each of the children was so precious and I truly enjoyed talking to them and getting to know them all. In fact another little girl is the daughter of friends of ours so imagine everyone's surprise when she was dropped off this morning! Our God is a God of big things but its when he does these little things that I get to see how wonderfully personal He is.