God cares about the little things

I had a really hard day the other day, but God reminded me that He is mindful of me in every way. 

I went to start the dishwasher when I realized that a vital piece was missing. Frustrated that I had no idea what the piece even looked like, I found myself looking for it all over the house. I even looked through the trash in the kitchen like 3 times, the whole time hoping that the baby didn't eat it:) I finally broke down and ordered the piece. But while I was looking through the appliance manual I found that I had that morning picked up a piece of plastic that looked just like the piece I was missing. Why I hadn't thought of that before bothered me. Now I was even more bothered because the very piece I had been looking for I had held in my hand and now I could not find it. So I found myself praying and praying and looking through the trash even more. But I didn't find it.  I started to doubt my own faith and wondered why God wasn't helping me. It wasn't until I let it go and put it out of my mind that the thought came to me that my faith didn't lack, its just that God wasn't helping me find it for His reasons alone.

Then later that day I was sad again because my 2 1/2 year old, who used to be potty trained, but is now not potty trained, reminded me how capable, but unwilling he is to use the potty. I was tired and I was sad and I said another prayer to my Father that he would just comfort me; and as I was picking up the diaper bag that was on the counter in the kitchen, where I had spent all morning looking for the dishwasher piece, there it was- a little white piece of plastic. It was like a ray of hope in the moment that I needed it. The timing was perfect, because my God is perfect. He loves me and cares about me and my needs as He does for us all.