Once Was Lost, But Now They're Found

Hormones do crazy things to you.

I already divulged the baking pregnancy brain moment, but here are some other moments in my life...

• I locked myself out of the house on Monday and had to have Jeremy leave work to come let me in (I was dropped off at the house by a friend and had no car either).

• I washed my face with conditioner instead of face wash.

• I misplaced my wedding and Aggie ring (which I have never done before in the almost 5 years I have been married).

Even with all that crazieness, God has showed me something about Himself.

It all began with the misplaced rings. Tuesday morning when I went to put on my jewelry and realized my rings were no where to be found, I panicked. As I was crying on my way to work (thanks again hormones), the verse "Be anxious for nothing but in everything in prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to the Lord" (paraphrase) came to my mind. So I began praying about my rings. The Lord began to show me that they are just silver and gold (and some platinum). I need to be seeking and desiring more eternal things. Rings are just things. They represent great things. Great things that can and should have eternal impact. However, rings are just things. So I had to rearrange my thinking from earthly to eternal.

That afternoon when I got home (at 7:30 pm - yes, 9 months pregnant and working from 7:30 am to 7:30 pm) I began to look for my rings again. Once more, the anxiety and tears built up as I could not locate them. So, I began praying once again. I asked the Lord to give me wisdom to find them but kept in mind that the rings are earthly items. It was then that I had a thought (Ok, God gave me the thought.) -- I helped Jeremy bathe the dogs Monday (bad idea, by the way...back pain extraordinaire) but didn't change clothes. I knew I was wearing my jeans. I went to the dirty clothes, found the jeans, and guess what? There my rings were in the pocket of my jeans! Praise the Lord!!

As I was thinking this morning about this whole process, it struck me that the Lord cares about all things concerning His children. Here He is concerned about His glory and the souls of men, but He is willing to help me find rings. Really? Rings? Man, how good is our God that we can come before Him with anything and He listens to our silly requests.

Take your requests to the Lord. He is big enough to listen. Praise the Lord!