"Small Prayers"

[MorningStar]

Years ago I was going to visit a friend and I suddenly decided I would go to Great Harvest and buy her some honey whole wheat bread. I hadn't been there for probably a decade and that was at one in Utah. So I brought it to her and she said, "How did you know I wanted this?" Her husband came home and said, "Did you ask her to pick it up?" She said, "No, she just decided to get it." He said, "Nice that our small prayers are answered! I sure wish He would answer the big ones!" They had just been there the day before and they were out of that bread.

So I have spent most of the summer frustrated about our situation - wanting to know if it's time for a job change for my husband, if there was a house we were supposed to buy & where, etc. Our van then broke down twice in less than two weeks and ate a lot of our savings, so now things are tight and we have to be extra careful about what we spend. I bought a huge thing of meat for a great deal to get us by and then discovered we were out of the large freezer bags I needed. It was bugging me all day that I would need to go to the store just for that, so I checked the drawer I keep them in again. Nothing. Then I had the impression that I should pull it completely out and found not only one large freezer bag, but a plethora of grocery bags, a pastry bag, and a coloring book that had been crammed behind/under the drawer.

I love the little reminders that my ability to receive revelation isn't broken because that's how I felt this summer. Every option I explored didn't feel right, so once again I guess we're supposed to stay here. At least we can preserve our giant bag of meat.

Do you ever have moments like that?

[applepansy]

Yes. I'm so grateful for these answers to small prayers. They remind me that I need to be more patient about the bigger issues.

When I show enough faith to recognize the every day answers to my prayers it becomes easier to have enough faith to wait on the bigger answers.

thank you for sharing.

[Wingnut]

Then I had the impression that I should pull it completely out and found not only one large freezer bag, but a plethora of grocery bags, a pastry bag, and a coloring book that had been crammed behind/under the drawer.

You didn't happen to find my one-cup measuring cup, did you?

[MorningStar]

No, but I didn't remove the other drawers yet.

[Iggy]

You didn't happen to find my one-cup measuring cup, did you?

Wingnut, I have extras - 2 dry and 5 liquid, plus I have two cup (3), 4 cup (3) and 8 cup (2) w which do you need?

[Wingnut]

Lol. Thanks Iggy! I need a 1 cup dry, but it has to be a white Tupperware one that will nest perfectly with the rest of my set.

Seriously, folks...this measuring cup has been lost for a couple of years. I know it's not behind drawers, partly because I've pulled them all out and looked several times, and partly because we've been doing a kitchen remodel this summer, and ALL my cupboards and drawers have been empty since Memorial Day.

Vanished, I tell you. Vanished.

[beefche]

Lol. Thanks Iggy! I need a 1 cup dry, but it has to be a white Tupperware one that will nest perfectly with the rest of my set.

Seriously, folks...this measuring cup has been lost for a couple of years. I know it's not behind drawers, partly because I've pulled them all out and looked several times, and partly because we've been doing a kitchen remodel this summer, and ALL my cupboards and drawers have been empty since Memorial Day.

Vanished, I tell you. Vanished.

They are hiding out with my 2 (count them, TWO) iPod cords (and I don't have any kids to make them vanish).

[C_T_R]

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Edited September 1, 2012 by C_T_R

[applepansy]

Lol. Thanks Iggy! I need a 1 cup dry, but it has to be a white Tupperware one that will nest perfectly with the rest of my set.

Seriously, folks...this measuring cup has been lost for a couple of years. I know it's not behind drawers, partly because I've pulled them all out and looked several times, and partly because we've been doing a kitchen remodel this summer, and ALL my cupboards and drawers have been empty since Memorial Day.

Vanished, I tell you. Vanished.

did someone leave it in the flour/sugar/dog food?

[MorningStar]

Lol. Thanks Iggy! I need a 1 cup dry, but it has to be a white Tupperware one that will nest perfectly with the rest of my set.

Seriously, folks...this measuring cup has been lost for a couple of years. I know it's not behind drawers, partly because I've pulled them all out and looked several times, and partly because we've been doing a kitchen remodel this summer, and ALL my cupboards and drawers have been empty since Memorial Day.

Vanished, I tell you. Vanished.

It's not sitting inside a container of sugar, flour, pancake mix, etc.? Sometimes I find mine in there.

[MorningStar]

did someone leave it in the flour/sugar/dog food?

Haha! I didn't see your comment before I made my last one.

[applepansy]

haha! I didn't see your comment before i made my last one.

gmta :)

[Iggy]

Lol. Thanks Iggy! I need a 1 cup dry, but it has to be a white Tupperware one that will nest perfectly with the rest of my set.

Seriously, folks...this measuring cup has been lost for a couple of years. I know it's not behind drawers, partly because I've pulled them all out and looked several times, and partly because we've been doing a kitchen remodel this summer, and ALL my cupboards and drawers have been empty since Memorial Day.

Vanished, I tell you. Vanished.

It is the lime green tupperware one. Was in the lime green largest tupperware canister that I had flour in. The 'el Cheapo metal one was in the yellow largest tupperware canister holding sugar.

So, did you check all of your canisters?