How I miss old hymns and Southern Gospel songs - words come back and feed me all the time. This past week brought the words above to life. Not only was I upset I had to work 7 days in a row, but I had one mishap after another and felt sorrier and sorrier for myself as the week dragged on.
At one job I took the trash to the large trash can taking my eyes off my Kiosk for about one minute and when I came back and had to scan a ham for someone to buy it, realized the IPhone provided for that purpose was gone. I was so upset I could hardly talk what's more tell my boss what had happened. I told him I considered myself liable so that all the time I work for them which is from now till New Year's whatever I earned would pay for the lost phone. My boss said not to worry about that but why in the world would I ever leave a $400 IPhone out for the whole world to see. As soon as I hung up, I started asking the Lord to perform and miracle and make it all go away and let it not have happened. Let me not have been that careless and let whoever stole it have a qualm of conscience and bring it back and on and on I went begging pleading and looking over and over again in our cabinet for it to appear like magic. I felt the Lord's impression to look in the trash can because that is the only place I had not looked - I did not see it but just to be thorough and since it was almost empty with a few napkins and tooth picks all there was - I lifted it up and knew immediately the weight was more than those napkins. Sure enough it was in there - it had a white backing and so it had looked just like the bottom of a clean trash bag when I put one in the can. I had NOT been careless but very careful to keep the expensive phone in my hand the whole time - taking one full bag of trash to throw away and while putting a new trash bag in the can. I just had not realized that I had then dropped the cell phone into the trash can at that time. THANK YOU THANK YOU DEAR LORD.
Sort of sad point is that my boss had called to order a new one to replace it immediately so we would have it replaced and at the kiosk as fast as possible since we all clock in and out and do the beginning and ending inventory and scan any item we might sell each day. When I told him I had tried to call him the moment I found it that same day and he would not answer he said, "well now we have a back up and now we know we may need one. Don't worry, Annalou, it's all okay." Yes, yes it was because no matter how stupid or careless or whatever we may be - when we cry out our Dear precious Jesus and Abba Father hears our every cry and cares enough to answer.
Two days later I could not find my driver's license anywhere - again careless because my cute little purse that holds all my important cards was ruined and I had to throw it away and have not replaced it so am carrying all my cards loose. I checked everywhere again and again and my only fear was that I had dropped it in the mess of looking for something else while getting in and out of my car each day.
Again I cried and begged and pleaded and hoped that if someone would find a drivers license they might care enough to call or return it - sure enough in the mail the next day after praying there it was. A little sticky note simply said "found this in the parking lot." They didn't give me any return address or did not tell me which parking lot - I am many every day - but still a "good samaritan" and I only wish they had put a return address on the envelope so I could have thanked them. But for me it was the Lord again so caring so generous and always always taking care of me in my whatever all this is - stupidity, carelessness, stress, distractions, no matter, Important point of it all is simply that GOD CARES and LOVES us no matter what and will always be with us in and through it all big or small.
