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A Scrunchie, 4 Missing Digits, and a Humidifier...

Scrunchie - One day I couldn't find my scrunchie. I looked high and low, in all the places I could think of that it could possibly be, to no avail. I had many others, but still, none quite like that one. It continued to puzzle my brain throughout the day. That night as I was getting ready for bed I suddenly saw it wedged between the file cabinet and desk. I happily scooped it up and breathed a sigh of relief.

4 Missing Digits - Ever since I moved to the small town of Partridge, I have had trouble getting orders that were shipped UPS. For some reason the delivery guy couldn't seem to find my place. It being a small town, they often would drop my package at the post office. This was okay except for the fact that I had to stop by when it was open, which was rather hard to do with my work schedule. Other times the item might simply be returned to sender. It caused a huge amount of frustration. An interesting twist was that my sister, who lives at the same address, never seemed to have trouble getting packages delivered to her door. I compared the address I was using with hers and it seemed to be the same. But, alas, one day I took a closer look. She had an extra 4 digits tacked on the end of the zip code. I never knew what those were for, or if they were important, but I thought it was worth a try. Bingo! My next order arrived promptly to my very doorstep. I was thrilled!

Humidifer - I loved my humidifier that softly purred at night, spewing warm moisture into the air as I slept. It had done me well, but was getting old and tired, I thought. One night when I went to turn it on, it refused to light up and my heart sank within me. Shucks! I guess it has finally worn out, were my thoughts. There were a couple other occasions throughout the years when I thought it was a goner, but every time it came back to life. This time, however, I thought it was too much to hope for, as old as it was. Still, over the next few days I kept giving it a try, just in case. Nope! No go! 

Finally, I started looking online for another. The exact one I had, that I liked so well, was no longer available. I tried hard to find one close to it. At last I found one I thought would be a good option. I put it in the cart and went to check out. There I saw the dreaded words, "NOT DELIVERABLE TO THIS ADDRESS". How dare they! Inconceivable! I tried putting my address in, in different ways, all to no avail. 

This is where the sister comes in. I thought to myself, Maybe they will send it to her, since they like her better.:) Sure enough, when she tried it, she didn't get that crazy message. But, wait! This is where I took a closer look at the address and saw the extra 4 digits. So I went back and tried that on my account. It worked! Amazing! 

But I felt a check in my spirit and didn't hit "Pay now". We went on to talk of other things and that night when I went to get ready for bed I decided to give that poor, little humidifier one last try. I thought maybe the outlet wasn't working, so I carried it out to the kitchen and plugged it in there. The light still didn't come on and the motor was so quiet you couldn't hear if it was running or not. I didn't think there was any hope for it, but left it there while I went to take a shower. When I came back, 10-15 minutes later, the dear, little thing was steaming away. My mouth dropped open in amazement! Apparently, the light burning out, had not affected its other functions. To say I was happy, would be an understatement! I may have even shed a tear or two!

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This has gotten to be a much longer story than I anticipated, but what I'm trying to say is that God cares about the "little" things. I can get so upset and frustrated when things go wrong, I can't figure something out, or simply don't know what to do! I use up huge amounts of emotional energy and lots of time. 

Slowly I'm learning to take a deep breath, stay at peace and listen to what the Father is saying, such as:

"Why do you say, O (Pauline), and complain, O (Pauline), My way is hidden from the Lord; my cause is disregarded by my God? Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak." Isa. 40:27-29 NIV