Isn't it funny how the smallest things teach or remind you of very important lessons? Today, for me, it was a nickel. That's it - 5 cents! So here goes:
I arrived on campus today and really wanted a Diet Dr. Pepper from the machine - DDP is my weakness. In order to get the 23 flavors, however I needed $1. That's it: one dollar. Now, I'm not the kind of person to carry cash; I'm a debit card girl. Having just changed purses, all the change that normally accumulates in the bottom of said purse had yet to materialize. Ok, fine. I looked in my cup holder in car and found several dimes and nickels plus one quarter. By this point I'm almost positive I have enough. I begin counting: 5, 10....75, 85, 95...and that was it - 95 cents. You've got to be kidding me!
All was not lost, however I still could look in the backseat. Now my car is already packed for the imminent road trip to see Classy, so digging around in the floor board for a nickel is tedious work given my car is two doors and thus I have to crawl into my car. I'm telling you, this DDP was very important! I looked and looked (almost being late to class) and sustained several cuts on my hands from reaching under the seats, and yet NO NICKEL! Not anything! Realizing that I have to get to class, I give up - defeated. I grab my books and laptop out of the passenger seat and then walk back to the drivers side to close the door. Then there it was - a nickel! On the ground, just for me, right next to my car wheel.
For those of you who read this blog regularly know that I've been semi-stressed and upset about several things lately, namely having to leave my dog with my parents, who live six hours away, for a couple months while I finish up this semester, and that with the economy the way it is, I can't get a summer job, which is almost certain death if you're in law school. For those reasons, this nickel was WAY more than a nickel; it was a reminder that God always watches out for us if we let him. He is in control and will provide for us if we just look for it. Some of you probably think I'm crazy, because it is just a nickel, but I'm going to choose to see it as a much needed reminder that I'm not in control and that everything I need will be provided if I let it.
So here I sit enjoying the highly sought after and lesson teaching Diet Dr. Pepper!
I arrived on campus today and really wanted a Diet Dr. Pepper from the machine - DDP is my weakness. In order to get the 23 flavors, however I needed $1. That's it: one dollar. Now, I'm not the kind of person to carry cash; I'm a debit card girl. Having just changed purses, all the change that normally accumulates in the bottom of said purse had yet to materialize. Ok, fine. I looked in my cup holder in car and found several dimes and nickels plus one quarter. By this point I'm almost positive I have enough. I begin counting: 5, 10....75, 85, 95...and that was it - 95 cents. You've got to be kidding me!
All was not lost, however I still could look in the backseat. Now my car is already packed for the imminent road trip to see Classy, so digging around in the floor board for a nickel is tedious work given my car is two doors and thus I have to crawl into my car. I'm telling you, this DDP was very important! I looked and looked (almost being late to class) and sustained several cuts on my hands from reaching under the seats, and yet NO NICKEL! Not anything! Realizing that I have to get to class, I give up - defeated. I grab my books and laptop out of the passenger seat and then walk back to the drivers side to close the door. Then there it was - a nickel! On the ground, just for me, right next to my car wheel.
For those of you who read this blog regularly know that I've been semi-stressed and upset about several things lately, namely having to leave my dog with my parents, who live six hours away, for a couple months while I finish up this semester, and that with the economy the way it is, I can't get a summer job, which is almost certain death if you're in law school. For those reasons, this nickel was WAY more than a nickel; it was a reminder that God always watches out for us if we let him. He is in control and will provide for us if we just look for it. Some of you probably think I'm crazy, because it is just a nickel, but I'm going to choose to see it as a much needed reminder that I'm not in control and that everything I need will be provided if I let it.
So here I sit enjoying the highly sought after and lesson teaching Diet Dr. Pepper!
