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Does God Pay Attention to the Details?

I've heard it said that the devil is in the details. I beg to differ. I believe that though God is the God of the "big picture", he is also the God of the minutia.

Have you ever caught yourself saying something like, "Boy, I'm glad I chose [fill in the blank] instead of [fill in the blank]!" or "I'm glad I waited just one more day." or "Wasn't it lucky that..."? Well, let me answer that last question for all the believers reading: No, it wasn't luck!

In the day to day journey of a Christian, the Spirit is blessing us by directing our choices, if we allow Him. It may be that "huge" decision to take one job over another or may be as simple as...

Yesterday, we went shopping for furniture and a refrigerator. We went to a couple different places to price shop. We talked about it later and made our decision to return to one shop for a used sofa and two chair set and a new refrigerator, and we would buy our mattresses from the shop next door. I felt that we could spread more goodwill by spending our money in more than one place.

We returned to make these purchases today. We first went to get the used furniture and the refrigerator. While we were looking at the refrigerator, the proprietor asked if we might like to look at some other models. So we did. We changed our mind about which to purchase when she showed us a used model at the same price but taller, more narrow, and with a little more volume. We arranged for delivery (gratis) around 1:00 this afternoon and completed the transaction.

We then walked next door to purchase the mattresses. We, again, arranged for delivery (gratis) and completed the transaction. They said they would be able to deliver the mattresses right away so we left there and went straight to the church property.

Once at the church property (solo Lori, Erin, Nathan, y yo) we discovered we did not have the key to open the drive-through door, just the small walk-through! We began scrambling to find the key or someone who had a key. Too late, the first delivery had arrived - the sofa and chairs had come early (it was now around 11:00 AM).

And here is where God had a hand in our purchases. Any other set of furniture would have been too large to fit through the door! The used sofa and chairs have very low backs on them and so with no problem the men walked them through the small doorway and into the building. We knew the mattresses (which came just as the other men were getting back into the truck) would have no problem fitting through the doors, but only the kids actually have beds to put a mattress on. Lori and I would be sleeping low to the ground for a while - or so we thought.

Because we elected to purchase the mattress and box spring set from the shop next door we had more options. We selected a set as close to our liking as possible and picked 2 twin mattresses for the kids. What we didn't know was, the set we chose came with 9 screw-in legs! Again, God had blessed us with a solution to a problem we had planned to ignore for now!

But what about the refrigerator? Once more, God was looking out for us in the details. The model we had decided on yesterday was approximately 3-4 inches wider than the one we finally bought. When they carried it through the narrow door, they had about 1/2 inch clearance on each side. Oh, and since they showed up around 11:00 instead of 1:00 something, we were not stuck down in the building during in what is still a torrential downpour, instead of being comfortably back at the hotel continuing preparations to move into the house.

As for me and my house, we will praise the Lord for being in the details!

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