Today I was out painting. My back porch has a large overhang to give shading for whoever wants to sit out there (typically my puppies). Except before today if you sat out there you wouldn’t have had a very pretty view. The ceiling paint had been cracking and peeling away and today was the day to change things.
Flip back maybe two weeks…
I had been searching through a box in my bedroom looking for something. This box had been packed with literally “stuff” when I had moved back from Montana to Michigan a couple years ago. I didn’t find what I was looking for but I did find an old WWJD bracelet that was still in pristine condition. So I decided to put it on.
So today I was out painting (and really I’ve been doing quite a bit of it since the weather has turned nice). But today was the first time I’ve noticed a phenomenon that’s been occurring. No matter how much paint I get on my fingers, hands or maybe even my arms (I never said I was a clean painter) but regardless of the amount that drips on me, my WWJD bracelet has remained spotless.
Is that a sign? Now I might have spoken too soon and tomorrow the bracelet might fall in a bucket of paint. But that would just have me thinking about this all over again.
So was it a sign?
Well, I thoroughly believe that if you look at the happenings in your life in the correct way then you’ll see all kinds of signs that you’d never paid attention to. For me, today, it just reinforced that God’s always looking out for me (no matter how messy I am). And no matter what else He’s always there.
I feel this way every day because I want to. Because I ask Him to be there and He doesn’t let me down. And because I look for His signs and keep my eyes open I can see Him in every part of my days. From the berries growing in my backyard to the puppies that go running with me to the friends I have from so many walks of life; I can see that God made them all because nobody else could have done nearly as perfect of a job!
Now it’s time for dinner so excuse me as I run.
=)
kenneth w.
Tags: Bible, biblerhymes, god, Jesus, mccardell, painting, puppies, Rhymes, sign, wwjd
