In His Hands

It's been several weeks ago (months, maybe), but the neatest thing happened with an encounter I had with Madison. You know how you have those moments that stop you in your tracks, and you just realize that God was trying to tell you something. Sometimes those messages are subtle and you have to reach a little to discern the meaning, and other times they come across loud and clear. This one was LOUD and CLEAR!

I was leaving the kitchen (gathering up toys along the way) and heading into the girls' rooms to deposit them, when I saw a very hurried and determined Madison on her way past me back to the kitchen. I knew what she was searching for. While I was trying to get it out, "I have your toy," she was busy trying to tell me what she was going to find. But she was so in a hurry that she couldn't get out what she was trying to say, and I was certain it was the very thing I was holding in my hands.

I just sighed, and watch her continue to run in the other direction searching for what she was looking for, and waited patiently holding in my hand that very toy! Pretty soon, I knew she would get tired of looking, give up, and come ask me. AND SHE DID!

And there I was with my outstretched hands, and a smile on my face, holding her anxiously searched for toy.

She quickly snatched her toy from my hand and headed back to her room to play. And I just stood there. The message was loud and clear!

How many times, God, do I run right past You searching anxiously for the very thing You have are holding in Your hands for me?

How many times do I blurt out my request, barely able to get it out, before I rush off in a search on my own?

How many times am I so busy telling you what I need, that I fail to hear when You are telling me You already have what I need?

I was so moved, that I just stood there for a minute soaking it in. I wish that I could calmly go before my Lord, with great confidence every time, that He has all of what I need in His hands. He does...if we would only believe it. Sometimes what we think we need, are not the same things as He is holding in His hands, but if we stop to listen long enough, He will show us our true need. And give it to us gladly, with a smile on His face!

Dear Lord,
Thank you for this moment with Madison that stopped me in my own tracks, and taught me a valuable lesson. Thank you for showing me that so many times, I am too busy pursuing things on my own, that I fail to see what You have planned for me. Help me Lord to always come to You, waiting for you to answer! Waiting for You to give me the treasure You have in the palm of Your mighty hands!
I love You, Amen

2 Corinthians 9:8, " And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work."