All 6 Happily Ever After...

Here is me on vacation last month. I was in the warm sunshine and very happy. But, that actually has nothing to do with my story. I chose this photograph because in it you can see (if you look real hard) my little diamond earring. (I have one in the other ear, too). I know that these little diamond earrings are not large, but they mean the world to me. My husband gave them to me on our wedding day, just before we got married. They didn't cost a fortune, but at the time they were about what he could afford for a wedding gift. Life has changed since then and he's given me other pieces of jewelry- worth far more than he paid for these earrings- but these earrings mean the world to me because of everything they represent. Our beginning together, where we've been and where we've come, the token of love these little earrings represented the morning he gave them to me.



I never take them off. Never. *(well, besides to clean them)


And then I put them right back in. They are part of me forever. Just like my dear husband.

Sooooooooooooooooo.....

You can imagine my horror a few nights ago when I was getting ready for bed and noticed that one of my earrings was gone.... GONE!!! So much for screw-on posts. I felt sick to my stomach. But what could I do? I had to accept it. There was no telling where it fell out... which store, friends house, my own house, who knows???

It's rather pathetic, but I could not bring myself to remove the other earring. So, I have been walking around for days now with one earring in... and it's mate lost out at "sea."

Fast forward..

Tonight, I wandered down on this...




This is our basement.... in chambles. The kids were playing so quietly and so nicely today, I should have figured that all that quiet, "nice" playing could not possibly also result in quiet, nice cleaning up.

I wandered around a bit and for a minute thought about calling them down to clean up, but for whatever reason I decided it would require MORE energy for me to actually round them up and get them to come down and clean up than it would for me to just pick it up myself.

I decided to "attack" this area first. What a mess! I knelt down on both knees and immediatly when I placed my hands on the carpet I noticed the backing to my earring!! No earring... just the backing. And as soon as I wanted to start feeling sorry for myself and think, "just my luck that I should find the back and not the actual earring!"





Immediatly I heard God tell me, "Look. It's here." And I knew it would be. I took a deep breath and said, "All right, God- this earring could be anywhere, but I am trusting you that it's somewhere in this basement. Please show me where."

I tell you this with absolutely no exaggeration (God is my witness!). I turned around, put my right hand on the carpet and felt (but did not see) my earring. I moved the carpet fibers aside and there it was. (see it between my fingers??)



I sat quietly in awe. I was already (so appropriately) on my knees. And while I sat there absorbing the moment, God said to me as plain as day. "If I will do this small thing for you, what won't I do for you?"

I write this down because I don't ever want to forget that moment. I don't ever want to forget this small miracle, which came with a HUGE message... God is my Heavenly Father and he loves me (all of us) so incredibly much. He is faithful in small things like this. How can I ever doubt that he will be faithful with the big things in life? He wants to take care of us. He wants to be our Father. He wants us to trust Him. Everytime. In big things, and in small things. He wants to bless us. He's told me this many times. I've read it many times (Matthew 6:28-30). But this time he really, truly showed me. With such a tangible, and incredible miracle.

My little diamond earrings meant so much to me before, for many reasons. But now I am certain that when I notice them in the mirror, they will represent something entirely new, in addition to the sentimental value they already hold. God's amazing blessing... a reminder that he notices... he wants the best for me... he does care... about all things- big things and small.

Thank you, Jesus.