Even the Little Things?

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         As we settled into our chairs at ladies Bible study, the woman sitting next to me gushed,“I just have to tell you guys something. You know at night - when your husband reaches over in bed …”                                                                                                                              She reached her arm out; it hovered uncomfortably over my chest. I wasn’t sure what was coming next. I know her, but not that well, and I didn’t really want to complete the illustration.               “And you’re just … like …”                                                                                         “Talk to me next spring?” I filled in the blanks hoping she would drop her hand, and she did.                                                                                                                             “Ya, because you’re just so tired, running around with the kids, trying to get everything done.”                                                                                                                          That I understood, I may not be running around with kids anymore but I am trying to get everything done and some days even my tired is tired.                                                                She continued. “So I prayed that the Lord would make me attracted to my husband.”                    Interesting. Over the last week, I had been praying a similar prayer. Lord, help me not to be too tired to be attracted to my husband. But there was no way I was going to admit it. She’d roused my curiosity though; how had the Lord answered her prayer?                                                         “So later on, when I was watching my son playing hockey, my husband walked in. Even though he was wearing dirty coveralls and a grubby, baseball cap, I thought, wow, he is a good looking man. The Lord is so faithful even in the little things!”                                                          I was happy for her; the Lord had answered her prayer right away. And it encouraged me to persist in my prayers. But the Lord does all things in his own time, so I will continue to wait on him:)

         “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” (Romans 12:12 ESV)