When I think about details, I go to a very special day in my life, in which details were important. On November 20th, 2010 I got married. In January I was engaged and from January to November, details were my specialty. Had Pinterest been around then, the details would have probably stressed my Mother even more than she already was. I knew what I wanted for that day, and I settled at nothing less to make sure every detail of that day was perfect. From the flowers, dresses, linens, and food all the way to the getaway fire truck and Vegas honeymoon...it was a detailed event.
In this same way, God is all about the details of our lives. He handles all of the details in our lives, even the ones we do not seem important. We miss details that he doesn't. We were deliberately planned , gifted, and placed on our path by him and his wonderful plan full of details that make us who we are.
Not only was his creation of our being detailed, but the events that happen in our lives are God's details. He directs the details in our lives and directs the details in our walk that will also protect us when we are in worrisome situations or situations that make us anxious. We only have to trust in him and do his will accordingly. Sometimes it causes us to have to take a step out in faith to understand his details. While we may be skeptical of stepping out in this faith, we already know he is our protector. We have to also know that he is in the detailing business. He will handle the details, he just wants us to follow his direction.
God can also take bad situations and then turn the details into something beautiful. That is where part of my testimony lies. God took a heartbreaking situation and created something out of it that is beautiful and humbling.
It's ironic that my study tonight brought me to this point. A year ago tomorrow, I was standing in a Ross store in Mooresville with friends during Spreak Break and got a phone call that brought me to my knees and took the wind from my sails. My sister called to tell me that no one could reach my Granny, and she hadn't made it to my cousins to babysit like she always did. It was after I drove to Winston to the hospital that evening that I learned she had had a stroke. One that would require months of therapy and require almost a year of constant and continuous care.
The summer following her stroke, I passed up many professional opportunities and other things because something (rather, someone - God) told me to step out and spend time caring for my Granny. It was a decision I will never regret. Knowing what I know now, I know that God was in those details and he allowed me an entire summer to spend with Gran. He knew I would need it when February rolled around.
Even more powerful, is the testimony that came from that day, a year ago tomorrow, and February 18th, when she went to be with Jesus. It was through this difficult and trying time and the details that molded me during that time that I chose to rededicate my life to Christ.
The spirit I felt in those last days as I sat by Granny's side and the memories I held of her relationship with Jesus, brought me closer to God and even helped me to realize the importance of details in my own life. God was nudging me to be closer to him. Lean on him in all my ways and understandings and step up to the plate.
Through rededicating my life to Christ, I have been able to experience the spirit of God as I did when I first accepted him into my life at Camp Caswell in 1997. I am overwhelmed at what God is doing in my life and what he doing thru me. God can take any situation, and turn it into something for his glory. We only have to trust in his details.
Psalm 37:23
The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and he delights in his way.