I needed comfortable brown shoes for a trip and had only minutes to spare. If I’d been shopping with a girlfriend, I’d have said, “I want to find the cutest shoes in the world!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only my dearest Friend went that day and I tell him everything. I said, “Lord, I want to find the cutest shoes in the world!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Was that trivial of me? I have friends undergoing chemo and radiation and friends overwhelmed by the troubles of their prodigal children. I’ve dealt with all kinds of huge stuff myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I talk to my Friend all day\u2014about protecting our troops in war zones, guiding our government leaders, and caring for missionaries and others in ministry. Sometimes I talk about a small need in my life. That day, it was brown shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe he’s too busy with huge to listen to trivial, but he’s never told me that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve been taught all my life the Lord cares about the smallest details, and I learned to take every care to him. I wondered if I bothered him too much with little stuff. Then I remembered that to God, everything’s little!<\/p>\n\n\n\nI've been taught all my life the Lord cares about the smallest details, and I learned to take every care to him. I wondered if I bothered him too much with little stuff. Then I remembered that to God, everything's little. <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n That reminded me of a wedding in Cana that Jesus, his disciples, and his mother attended. The hosts ran out of wine, and Mary told Jesus. How small a need is that? Did she think he would go somewhere and get more wine? I don’t know that she expected him to turn water into wine, but that’s what he did. It’s his first recorded miracle (John 2:1-11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you run out of punch at your daughter’s wedding, would you ask Jesus for a miracle? Anyway\u2026back to my story. Hurriedly I scanned the shoe aisles and found the cutest shoes in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Would I have found them if I hadn’t discussed my need with my Friend? Maybe. But since I’m always talking with the Lord, I expressed my small need. When I found the shoes, do you know what I did? I thanked him and praised him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maybe you think my story is silly\u2026insignificant. But I think it pleased him that I appreciated the shoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Jesus is my Friend. If I talk to him about everything and trust him with everything, I will thank him for everything. And that pleases him.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJesus is my Friend. If I talk to him about everything and trust him with everything, I will thank him for everything. And that pleases him. <\/a><\/span>Click To Tweet<\/a><\/span>\n\n\n\n Why not start a \u201cThankful for Little Things\u201d list? You could begin in the comment section below! And thank you for sharing this article with your friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Adapted from Cabbages and Kings\u2014Reflections on Living Abundantly in Christ<\/em> \u00a9 Dianne Barker 2012)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I needed comfortable brown shoes for a trip and had only minutes to spare. If I’d been shopping with a girlfriend, I’d have said, “I want to find the cutest shoes in the world!” Only my dearest Friend went that day and I tell him everything. I said, “Lord, I want to find the cutest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[619,9,615,616,617,618],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-best-friend-jesus","tag-dianne-barker","tag-giving-thanks-for-little-things","tag-shopping-for-shoes","tag-turning-water-to-wine","tag-wedding-in-cana"],"yoast_head":"\n