My mom's good friend Rose has blessed our family many times with McDonald's gift cards. Thank you Rose! This past Christmas she gave each of the kid's one. Eliza LOVES going there and she also loves holding on to the card. I let her have this particular card with the thought that I needed to get it from her before she loses it. I forgot to do that and sure enough, she lost it. We looked in every possible crevice for it...in the books, under the beds, in every container, etc... We kept asking her where she put and she would say a different place every time! There are so many places a 2 year old could put things!
At that time, which is December mind you, we sat down and prayed that the Lord would show us where it was. I kept praying periodically for it but had no answer. Each time I cleaned the girl's room I looked for it.
Today I was changing the sheets of Adrianna's bed, which is a loft (and a pain in the rear to change I must say!). Something prompted me to lift up the mattress to look for it. And low and behold it was there! It was actually between the frame and the mattress on the front side of the bed. When I had looked for it in December I look on the side closest to the wall!
After the initial excitement of finding it I asked the girls if they remembered praying for this card a long time ago. They remembered and then I pointed out that sometimes God answers our prayers right away and sometimes we have to wait for the answer.
It is such a simple thing, but in our little world it was huge! It was a very tangible reminder that God always answers, just in His timing, and in His way. I'm glad I have this example to point out to the girls whenever we wonder if God is going to answer!
You can imagine how excited Eliza was to know we would go to McDonald's soon! She prays for it at every meal and before bed every night! I think she even asks to go there at least 3x a day!
I never knew how going to McDonald's could remind me of God answering prayers!
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