I just had to write today or the rocks would cry out! I love Jesus! He is not only my God, my Redeemer, my Provider, and so on... but He is my Daddy. Let me tell you about yesterday...
I did my Bible study in the morning studying about the lady with the issue of blood and the little girl that Jesus healed. I prayed that I see the miracles that are before me, that my eyes were open to His love and mercy all around me. Then my day began.
I had a lot of running around to do getting ready for a Ladies Tea that is coming up next weekend at church. It was rainy and cool out and the wind was blowing hard, but I had things to do. I used my phone for note taking, for internet use, for pictures of things I need to match, etc...
I got home and my sweet husband wanted to go to eat dinner. We had a gift card for Red Lobster, so off we went. When we pulled into the parking lot he asked me to get out, go in and put our name on the list for a table. It was sprinkling rain when I jumped out of the car and ran in to the restaurant. We waited 40 minutes, got our table, ate at a leisurely pace. During the meal I noticed my phone was missing, but I thought I had most likely left it at home. No worries. When I got home I realized to my horror that my phone was missing! We called my phone six times. No answer. I panicked. I got on Facebook and asked my friends to pray for me and pray also that my phone would be found by an honest person who would call and return it to me. At that point I remembered that my phone has a "find my phone" feature where you can tell what building your phone is located, but I had forgotten the code! I called my son who had helped me set the phone up and he walked me through changing the password and we found that the phone was still at Red Lobster, so off we flew to Red Lobster. My son also tried to call my phone, but only once (seven calls, by the way). Anyway, while my husband sent me into the restaurant he stayed in the truck and through his phone locked my phone down so no one could use it. He then put a message on my phone saying, "This phone has been lost, please call number ########. Thank you." Then he made it make a strange sound to alert the person who had it that there was a message.
Cuddos to iPhone! Wow!
(Side note: Red Lobster employees were as helpful and understanding as they could be! Cuddos to Red Lobster not just for their awesome food!)
As my husband came in to the restaurant to join me in the search he received a phone call from the Chinese restaurant next door to Red Lobster. They said a customer had found my phone in the parking lot and had turned it in! We walked next door and I got my phone back... Answered prayer for sure. But there is more to this story!
You see, this morning I awoke to the Lord giving me my morning song... this morning it was "And all the people said AMEN" The Lord is good and His mercies never end... And all the people said "Amen"... I remembered His miracle of getting my phone back to me. Answered prayer from yesterday... open my eyes to your love and mercies, Lord! I smiled and then I got up to do my Bible study and I heard the Lord laugh at me as I remembered my Bible study the day before yesterday... I had studied Mark 4:35-41, where Jesus and the disciples got in the boat and started across the lake. The storm came and scared the disciples, but Jesus lay in the boat sleeping... resting in peace while everyone else panicked. I was reading the Bible putting myself as each person in the story. Was I most like Jesus (the Bible says we are to be imitators of Him), or was I most like the disciples? Well, I thought I was somewhere in the middle... my prayer two days ago? Trust Jesus in my storms, imitate Him and go on in peace knowing all is safe! When the realization hit me that I had failed that test I felt very down. I failed you, Lord... and then I heard Him laugh. Not audible, but I heard Him in my heart. That is something a Daddy would do... when knowing His child is trying, but just can't reach the goal yet, He gives His child understanding and love. Grace and Mercy. And reminds His child that He is not given up on me, that He is not finished with me yet. How can you not LOVE a God like that! Amen!
Now I'll get to my Bible Study... had to write all this down or the rocks would have cried out... Today's study... Mark 6:35-44... The feeding of the 5,000... wonder if this has anything to do with getting everything ready for the tea next weekend? Oh, how I love God! Now listen to the song God woke me up with this morning... And All The People Said "Amen"
