16/02/2024
I learned today that prayer and promptings operate on a spectrum of sorts.
I currently am driving a rental while my mini van is in the shop, so I have the rental key detached and my regular keys I try to keep in my purse. That includes my house key, as well as a spare to my van. (This is important to the story I promise)
After picking up my oldest from school and running some errands, we parked in our usual spot and I started gathering everything to take inside. That's when I realized I didn't see my keys. I frantically checked everywhere and nada.
My kids were tired, I was panicked and stressed, knowing if I had dropped them while I was out and about I would have to retrace my steps, which meant driving back along the route I had just gone.
My gut reaction was to completely lose it and start freaking out, but instead (through lots of therapy and practice) I found myself working on staying calm.
Then the thought came: say a prayer.
I'm not good at acting on that thought usually. Today, though, I did, and I immediately told my kids we needed to say a prayer for help finding the keys. My oldest asked if he could say it and gave a very short and sweet prayer. And then I jumped into starting to make phone calls to see if I'd left them in some parking lot I had stopped in.
That's when I had the random thought, one that was so simple I could have easily considered it logical deduction. But it was to check the side of the passenger seat by the door because I had things that had slid off the seat earlier.
I walked around to the passenger door, dug into the space between the seat and the floor, and there they were. In that moment, I knew that small, VERY quiet, logical thought came from Heaven. Otherwise, I would have driven all over looking for my key.
My point today is to share that even the logical thoughts come from the Lord, and as we are aware of that, we can acknowledge Him and His goodness and our faith in making that happen.
