I continue to give thanks

Yesterday, in the not-so bright car park and my panic state, I thought I had lost my bunch of keys: the one to my parents’ place, and the ones to my own rented place. Thank goodness my housemate was home and I asked her to open the door for me.

I called mum up in the vain hope that I had left it at home and not anywhere else. I had gone home to stay the previous night. She had put my distinctive pink pouch (a gift from a colleague who bought it from the shop Naraya in Thailand) on the coffee table.  She locked the door for me the next morning, so I deduced that it could still be at home.

No such luck though. Mum checked and saw no pink pouch. I panicked even more. I was not sure whether I left it at the other office (not my own, as my organisation has many office locations). Really no point worrying though coz I can only find out the next day. Said a quick prayer to ask God to please make sure that my keys were not lost and that I would be able to find them the next day.

I woke with a heavy heart this morning, knowing that I had to continue with my search of my own missing keys. I had to wake my housemate up to trouble her to lock the door for me. Quite embarrassing.

As I took the lift down to the car park, I said another quick prayer to God to help me in my search for my keys. I had this silly thought that the Lord will not let me lose my keys and I will be sure to find it somewhere. I was all prepared to make that call to my colleague, in which I had ‘borrowed’ her workstation yesterday, to ask her to check.

As I sat on my driver’s seat and proceeded to place my bag on the passenger’s seat, there it was. The sweet colour of pink, dirty with age and my own handling,was placed, quite in between the joint of the seat and back rest, near where the safety belt clip was.

Praise God! Alleluia! I am so relieved. I know it is not right to ask God to ‘guard’ our things for us or to make such absurd requests as to find the things for us.

 However, I do want to give Him thanks and continue to do so, for giving me such a calm heart and steady head so that I could handle the things that needed to be handled. I can get very frezzled when I cannot find things, but thanks to Him, I am able to think with a slightly clearer mind.

Thank you my Lord, my God