A little over a year ago I moved from my home in Oologah to my grandparents house in Sperry. While moving I made several trips over the course of a few weeks to get everything moved out.
The hardest part was deciding what to throw away because I’m somewhat of a hoarder. Some of the things I don’t throw away are mail, pictures, anything that has had any type of meaning to me in my whole life really..
Amidst all of this time I misplaced by birth certificate.
HOLY SMOKES!
I was stressing out.
Thankfully my mom had already lost it once herself and had to get a replacement, which she had not lost, so I was good.
Yet I was still so upset about the fact that I had lost such an important piece of paper.
I prayed about it multiple times and searched relentlessly to no avail!
I was getting really upset. I needed this piece of paper. I wanted this piece of paper.
Two days ago I talked to a friend about how I couldn’t find it and that I really just wanted it because it was the original and it had more significance than the copy that was made. Like everyone before her she said “Em, just pray about it. I’m sure you’ll find it” ..
Yeah right… I’ve already prayed about it and it’s been months. It’s lost forever. (a little over dramatic here)
So today I decided I was going to clean my room up a bit and get rid of some of my clothes that are too big.
I got a trash bag and started pulling stuff out of drawers.
I came across this stack of books and papers that I didn’t even remember putting in this drawer and I began looking through them.
AND THERE IT WAS.
In all it’s glory, I had tucked it away in a safe place and completely forgot about it.
I was ecstatic.
I called my mom, the friend that I had just talked to about it, and then it hit me.
If God cared so much about me finding this piece of paper, that merely talks about my Earthly birth, how could he not care about the bigger and smaller things that are going on in our lives.
I can’t say I trust that everything is going to be provided if I don’t actually believe it.
I have to trust in the Lord and know that EVERYTHING is going to be taken care.
From some silly little piece of paper to where he is going to take me in my life.
He has the whole world in His hands, if only we would trust him with everything we have.
Trust that he will do everything in the right time and do not lose sight when our prayers don’t get answered in the here and now that we want them answered in.
God’s timing is good.
God’s timing is perfect.
“He has made everything beautiful in its time”
