Sometimes it’s the Little Things

A few months ago before we moved into our house I wrote about some of the ways that God’s been providing for us. Since then we’ve had a lot of ups and downs with moving and settling into our new house. Some of the downs have been:

1. Most of our major appliances (clothes washer, drier, fridge and dish washer) need to be replaced (read more here).
2. I need to paint the deck and all the trim on the exterior of the house before winter comes to prevent more wood rot.
3. Two of our windows need to be replaced or repaired because of wood rot or broken seals.

There is also a lot of other work that needs doing to the house, but like my pastor reminded me on Sunday, at least we aren’t raising and enclosing under our house to create a whole other level again.

This week we’ve seen a few little things that have really helped to lift my faith, even though they may seem little to some:

1. We were given an annual pass to the Calgary Zoo and were able to enjoy a family trip there this week.
2. At the last minute we were given some discount coupons to Calaway Park, a local amusement park. Even with the discount we still didn’t have it in our budget to go, but within about 10-minutes of putting our need for $40 to go to the park on Facebook we were donated the money to go. We all had a very good, albeit wet, time at the park.
3. Last night I was sitting on my back deck trying to listen to Amazing Grace streamed from the Internet. I couldn’t get it to work for some reason, so I gave up. The people across the street were having a bit of a party and all of a sudden someone pulls out a set of bag pipes and starts playing Amazing Grace! It was pretty cool, I love the sound of the bag pipes playing Amazing Grace.

These are just some of the little things that we’ve been blessed with recently. They continue to remind me that regardless of our circumstances, or what else if happening, God’s looking out for us.

Here is one of my favourite versions of Amazing Grace on You Tube, albeit there are no bag pipes in this version:

If you want a version of Amazing Grace by Il Divo, with the bag pipes, then you can listen to it here. It definitely ranks up there with the Randy Travis version as one of my favourites.