The boxes are in. The beds are made. The kitchen is organized. There is a pathway to follow from room to room. But, that’s about it! We just completed a short-distance move this weekend. As told to many, I feel like a move out of state would have been easier than this. All-in-all, however, it went very well and much better than anticipated. My Detail God showed up again too (see previous post). I just have to tell you about it.

I had been monitoring the weather report for about a week leading up to our move. Now, when I say monitoring, I really mean studying every snippet of weather.com – the 10-day outlook, precipitation percentages, hour-by-hour predictions, barometric pressures…OK, maybe I didn’t quite look at that last one, but you get the idea. With all the studying I did, there was no doubt in my mind – it was going to rain! We had blocked off Friday noon – Saturday noon as the time we would have the U-haul. And…we had a lot of help lined up for the Friday afternoon portion of that. But, guess what? That was the exact time the weather report showed it would rain the most. Nooooooo! It just couldn’t! There was no way we could move the furniture on our own, so it had to hold off – at least long enough for our able bodied helpers to assist us with the furniture. So, I started praying, and I mean PRAYING! I asked others to pray. I specifically prayed that God would hold off the rain during Friday afternoon. I didn’t care if it rained any other time, but not then!

We started moving boxes Thursday night – it drizzled. We continued moving boxes and small furniture Friday morning – the rain continued. Right around lunchtime, however, the rain stopped. Then it came back – but not until around 4:00 pm AFTER all the furniture had been moved!!! Yes – you read that correctly!!!! My DETAIL God stopped the rain during the exact time that I (and others) prayed that He would! As I type these words, Mercy Me’s “Bring the Rain” is playing on the radio, and the sky looks as if it’s about to open up and pour down rain too! Thank you God for the rain, but thank you God for holding it back for us for just a few short hours last week! Thank you for showering us with your blessings and love, especially when we needed it most!

P.S. To all my Friday List readers: I’m so sorry that I didn’t post a “list” last Friday! I’ll do better this week.

I’m a detail person. If you’ve been following my blog at all for any length of time, I know you’re just schocked by that statement…ha! Actually, the perfectionistic and orderly ways of mine simply line me up to be detail oriented. However, when it comes to my prayer time I don’t always remember to pray the details – I’m more big picture. Until recently…

My 12-year-old just started 7th grade this morning. Thankfully, this new school year didn’t bring about the same level of butterflies for her (and me) as last year did with her transition to middle school. However, there were a couple of very specific things that I’ve been praying about over the summer regarding this school year. I wanted God to place her with a specific team of teachers (they have 3 teams of teachers in this grade). I also prayed that He would remove a group of bullies that shared most classes with her last year that caused some emotional pain. Guess what? Yep – you guessed it – He came through big time! She’s with the exact team of teachers that I prayed for. And the bullies? One of them moved to Kansas, and the other 3 are on an entirely different team! Thank you God!

Don’t tell me God isn’t a God of details. He listens to every single, little prayer. He knows and cares about every small detail of our lives. Too often, we don’t take time to share those details with Him or may not take time to pray about the details. Worse yet, we may lose heart while waiting on Him to answer those detail prayers. Friends, give it ALL to Him – big and small! Watch Him work, be amazed, and give Him the glory in the end!