There are times....

...that God just lets me know that he cares for me and hears my littlest prayers. There have been so many BIG needs that I have worried about in the past months.  When I cried out, God heard those prayers and answered a few of those big needs.  I still worry about the rest sometimes, but try very hard to trust God to take care of those too.

I guess that I got surprised tonight because he answered such a little desire. Not a big need, just a small thing.  At dinner tonight, I was explaining to Mike that I would like to visit the thrift store to see if I could pick up some things for church.  I wished I could find a Noah's Ark and maybe some other things for the younger kids.

I went straight back to the toy section and as I walked through the stuffed animals, I thought about the lamb I had promised Jadyn (4 years old) that I would get for her.  She told me with her great big eyes that she wished she could have a lamb after playing with two little toy lambs in Sunday School. Well, I found a little lamb purse that says Jesus Loves Me in great condition.  I am washing to make sure it is nice and clean for the little sweetheart. 

Next I started praying and asked the Lord if there were a Noah's Ark in this store, to please help me find it. Instead I found the little Bible story book that I had wanted to buy at the Christian Book store yesterday. At that store it was $9.99...I got it tonight for $1.99. I laughed and told God that "he really is a good guy" and thanked him for the book.

I also picked up a few Little Tykes and Fisher Price xylophones really cheap because I like to torture myself with noise in Children's Church. By this time I figured that God had blessed me plenty with the items I had already gotten.

Because the first aisle had been blocked by people, I had started on the second aisle during my search. I finally made it to the first aisle and bent over to look at a toy on the floor. When I raised up, I found myself face to face with a handmade wooden Noah's Ark for $2.99. I just teared up when I saw it. In fact, I'm sure I looked a little funny crying over the Noah's Ark in my buggy while going to find my husband in the other part of the store.  I was able to take a pix of the Ark with Mike's cell phone and emailed to myself.  I put the phone in the pix for scale.  I picked up a few plastic animals at the thrift store, but will need to find some more.

God reminded me that if he cares for these little wishes in my life, then he can certainly take care of those big things too.