... for Little Signs.

I have often felt God speaking to me through signs.  Not the great signs of the Bible, but more mundane ones like a song or a friend calling at the right time.  Once, I even got a message from a billboard sign.  That is one of my favorites, since it was a confirmation of His approval for me to go throug with Hannah's eventual adoption.  :-)



So yesterday I was watching a short clip from a tv program I find somewhat annoying.  It's "How I Met Your Mother."  It focusers too much on sex and I have never found any redeeming qualities to it.  So why was I watching it, you may ask.  Good question.  I really just hadn't hit the button on the remote to change to something more interesting.  I watched as the main character narrated about how the woman who had once left him at the altar was going back to the man she loved.  Then, the scene flipped to him sitting in the front seat of her car asking her why she loved the other guy.  She explained and then he told her he wished he could find that kind of love.  (Let me just say my eyes usually start rolling at this point, because very few television programs seem to understand the kind of love that we can have with another human being and certainly not the kind that God has for us, but let's just move on.)

The scene was quiet for a few seconds and then the girl starts telling this story about how she once was pulled over for going 90 on a backroad, and she talked her way out of the ticket.  The guy asked how and she said this (not word-for-word): "The cop swaggered up to the window and said, 'Girl, I have been waiting all day for you!' and I said, 'Sorry, Officer!  I got here as fast as I could!'" 

It turns out this didn't really happen but that isn't really the point.  You see, I suddenly had a God moment.  It was like He was telling me that I just had to be patient.  That something was coming as fast as it could.  Now, I have no idea what that something is.  I can't say it is a person, place or thing.  But I do know that in that moment, I was being told to be patient!  That it was coming.  That silly scene from that less than stellar show ended up bringig tears to my eyes.  It reminded me of Psalm 37:7, "Be still^(L) before the Lord and wait patiently^(M) for him; do not fret^(N) when people succeed in their ways,^(O) when they carry out their wicked schemes.^(P)"

So, Today I am Thankful for Little Signs!