The Details Of Life

I have a contingent of visitors coming into town who I need to escort for a few days.

Since my car only seats five, I needed to borrow my wife’s mini-van.

Her dream came true.

Not because I asked to borrow it, but because I told her I would need to have it detailed before my customers could ride in it.

Natalie loves clean things.

There is a detailing place we know of in Pittsfield near my office and yesterday morning I left them a message, asking if there was any possible way they could fit me in before Friday.

About 30 minutes later I got a phone call back which went to my voice mail.

“Yes, we would love to do your car today, please call back.”

Wow…that was hard to believe.

I called back to confirm and they also agreed to drive me to my office, which was only about 2 miles away.

They were a friendly father and son team and when I got there, I learned they had a cancellation.

My wife’s van was just what they needed to stay busy that day.

When I jumped into their vehicle to catch a ride back to my office, it hit me what had happened; Matthew 6.

These people were Christians. 

Rosary Beads with a crucifix dangling from the rear view mirror and a Cross with a descending Holy Spirit pinned into the passenger side visor, right over my head.

All I could think about was how God takes care of the littlest things, even if we have no connection to those who are blessing us or vice versa.

In many ways God is like an Orchestra Conductor.

He has the baton in hand (which is God’s will) and with His tremendous power and omniscience directs everything for His glory.

 ²⁵“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ²⁸“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Whatever keeps us awake at night worrying is not part of Your plan.

Thank you Lord that you have promised to make us Your priority and take care of the details in our lives.