Even The Little Things

Does God care about every tiny detail of our lives? Does He only look at the big picture of who is saved and who isn’t and that’s it? I think He cares about even the little things.

We were going to buy flooring for our home, for upstairs. Just a little thing. Nothing earth shattering or life changing. The carpet upstairs is really old and in desperate need of a change. I’m not very good at picking the right things for home decor. Usually, there are way too many choices and I get all confused and frustrated. Knowing that, about myself, I prayed and committed this project to the Lord.

So we decided to laminate the upstairs. Thought that would be the cheaper way to go. We went to a popular lumber store to pick out the laminate we liked, then made arrangements to have them come measure. We had an estimate in our minds, but apparently, we don’t know how to measure because we were off by 33 square feet. The laminate flooring came out to be way more expensive than we thought. It was maxing out our budget, so if anything need to be added, we would be sunk. My husband called them to seal the deal, then they couldn’t take his card over the phone. They said to call back on Monday. I looked at my husband and wondered if that was a sign. First the price seemed too high, and just now when we were about to pay, they couldn’t take our card. Hmmm?

I felt uncomfortable with the numbers they were telling us, so I asked my husband to go down to the store and see if they could get a line by line itemization. It felt like numbers were just coming out of the sky, with no rhyme or reason. He went down there and waited for over 45 minutes, while no one would come to the flooring department to help him out. He called me to complain that no one would come. He finally came home frustrated that no one would help. Was this another sign?

I told him that Costco has flooring, and maybe we could get a good deal with them. It wouldn’t hurt to check them out. So we did. We hadn’t paid anything out to the other store, so we thought we would hold off and see what Costco had.  Plus, we kept running into roadblocks with the other store.

So Costco came over. He told us carpeting would be way cheaper. He showed us the color of exactly what I was envisioning if I wanted more carpet. He quoted us a price. It was $200 cheaper than the other store for everything. There would be no surprises. That was for absolutely everything. Then, as he sat at our table, adding up stuff, he had some more news for us. The cost of the carpet would be $500 cheaper than the other store, for absolutely everything!

I looked at my husband with a big grin. Then, I repeated to the Costco man, exactly what he had said. He nodded, that yes, that’s what he said. I repeated the number and he nodded and said yes, that was the price for everything! I couldn’t believe it. That was amazing. I thanked God in my head for that.

I believe does God cares about the little things. He asks us to cast our cares upon Him for He cares for us. Our cares. Even the little things like flooring. He knows the number of hairs on our head. He knows whether we’re good or not at picking out flooring for our homes. God cares for us, even in the little things.