October 31st, 2008 by admin

Two days ago I was out in my yard picking up
sticks that had dropped from our pecan trees. I was throwing all the sticks
into a pile that later I would burn. I had been out there for quite a while,
when I noticed that my wedding band was no longer on my finger. I never take it
off, so I knew it had fallen off as I was picking up the sticks. The
problem is I live on almost two acres, and I had picked up sticks over a good
portion of the back yard. The grass had not been cut lately and leaves had
fallen, since it is October. I knew that this was going to be very difficult
finding a very small object in a very large yard.

I immediately prayed for the
Lord to guide me in my search. I began looking and trying to trace back over
the steps as much as possible. After a while I gave up for the day and headed
back into the house. I was disappointed, but was determined to go back out
there the next day and search more. A friend had a metal detector and loaned it
to me for my continued search. I had determined in my heart that if I had to
stake the whole yard off with stakes, string, and identifying markers, I was
going to do what it took to find it. The whole place may have to look like an
archeological site, but to me it was worth it. This ring has not been off my
hand for almost 20 years. It was engraved on the inside and it was valuable to
me.

I prayed again and said,
“Lord, this ring is valuable to me, and that means it’s valuable to you. You
are my father and you want me to have the things that are good and valuable to
me. I thank you for helping me find my wedding band.”

I went out the next day to
search again. I took the metal detector and configured the settings. I took two
sweeps through one section of the yard, and then thought that most of my time
was spent near the pile I was building. Since all of my steps led to throwing
the sticks on the pile, there may be a greater chance of it being on or around
that area. I took a couple swoops back and forth around where the pile was and
heard a beep! After moving some leaves out of the way there was the ring. How
wonderful the feeling was when I saw the gold shining in the sunlight. I
probably wasn’t out there 15 minutes when I found it. It was amazing!

This encouraged me that God
does care about the little things. I mean it’s just a ring, and I could have
lived without it, but it was valuable to me, and God cares about me. How much
more will he take care of the real important issues in our lives. Be encouraged,
God will take care of you, even in the small things.