So today I was reminded how cool God is! He's the Creator and Sustainer of the universe, yet He still cares about the little, tiny details...
John 1:3 - Through him all things were made;
without him nothing was made that has been made.
Colossians 1:17 - He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
On Monday morning during our devotional, the kids and I were reviewing C's Sunday School Notes (a sheet they give parents telling what the kids learned about during Sunday School). Japan was the Missions Moment featured country. As C was telling me what he remembered about Japan, I noticed my 2011 Missions Guide sitting next to me on the couch. (The Missions Guide is a listing of the missionaries that our church supports financially and/or through prayer.) It occurred to me to look to see if there were any missionaries to Japan in the Guide that we could pray for specifically. Didn't take but a minute before I found a lady that serves in Japan at a crisis pregnancy center. So, since Monday we've been praying for this lady. I never thought to mention this to anybody else - even J.
Fast forward to this morning at women's Bible study. Each small group in this Bible study ministry was assigned a missionary to pray for and write notes of encouragement to. Lo-and-behold who was my group assigned to but that SAME missionary the kids and I have been praying for all week! Now just to put this in perspective, our Bible study leadership team chose 34 of the 65 missionaries listed in the Missions Guide - and assigned one missionary to each small group. I don't really believe in odds, coincidences, accidents, etc. but even if I did I'd consider 1 out of 65 as pretty slim odds! Guess I definitely need to be praying for this Japanese missionary :) Pretty cool, huh!?!
God was in that; He loves doing those "coincidences."
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