5 words. Clear as could be. Did I really? Yes, I heard it. But… Did I really hear that? I had been connecting with God in so many ways on this particular wilderness trip. Analogies from nature had been popping in my mind the whole trip. Our wilderness group had just waited a couple hours for high winds to lessen so we could paddle our canoes in very dangerous winds in big water. God had been with us, I’m sure of it. I didn’t die or even capsize and nearly die. That’s another story. Now on a 3/4 mile-190 rod portage, trudging over small mountains, through mud and up-down stairstep terrain, God says 5 words out of the blue as I step over a small insignificant, growing in the wrong place scruffy plant.
“I care about that plant“
I can think of a hundred other things I would have liked to hear from God, and this?? Sigh…yes I sighed. I knew what He was saying without asking to confirm. He said it long ago. “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.” Matthew 10:29
“I know Lord” I prayed. “You care about me. You care about our daughter racked with a painful handicap and getting worse. I know you care about my wife 24/7 taking care of her. I know. I know” The world is falling apart Lord and you care about an insignificant plant. You point it out in 5 words while I’m carrying a 70 pound pack and running low on energy after a high-risk adrenaline laden paddle in white-capped waters…”I know Lord, I know…
“You are God and you care…I know Lord, I know”…sigh
Gary
Gods Ways are...Different 