Little Prayer, Big Answer

Well, I washed Eric's new cell phone in the washing machine last night. I discovered it this morning when I went to put the clothes in the dryer. I was devastated. I cried like someone had died. We got our new phones at the end of July, so we have barely had them over a month. If you know me, then you know I can be a bit of a penny pincher. I will even talk myself out of buying a drink at the store. We are talking just over a dollar, so you can only imagine how I would flip out over waisting hundreds of dollars. I cried all morning. I was in a foul mood all day at work. I know, it was only a cell phone, and it can be replaced, but it was a big deal to me. I prayed and prayed that after it dried out it would work. This afternoon, just as I was about to leave work, my phone rang, and on the caller ID it was Eric's cell phone number. IT WORKS!!!!!! I was so excited!!! Now I wouldn't have to pay to replace a phone that I had just bought. I now realize that God allowed that to happen. He knew how to get me where it would hurt....my pocket book. Lately I have been feeling that my prayers aren't being heard. It has seemed that none of my prayers have been answered. God knew I was needing to hear from Him. I needed to see Him doing something in my life. It is so hard to make it through the tough times, but we have to keep our minds and hearts open to what God may be trying to tell us through those situation. He told me today, that He is still here with me, and that He hasn't gone anywhere, and He does love me. My prayer today was for something small and some would say it was trivial, but I got a BIG answer from God.