I SPY

So often in life, something happens that we just don't realize is the hand of God in our lives. The Bible tells us that HE cares about everything that pertains to life and godliness (2Peter 1:3).....What does that mean? EVERYTHING
All through my children's lives we have encouraged them to look for God, and we call these "I SPYs"(I know that is misspelled, but we always said when we saw one: "I Spy".)
You can call them God Stops, God things, or whatever, but these are obvious happenings that show God is personally at work here in our lives.
WELL, this has been burning in my heart for a couple of weeks. My son called me then and told me his God story. Here it is:
It was one of those days when life was coming in on him. He had financial concerns, thoughts that maybe he wasn't doing what the Lord wanted him to do. He was needing the reassurance that God was leading and God was there and aware of all that was going on in his life. He was stewing as he probably has seen me do a few times, but decided to head to the Y to work off a little of the stress on the basketball court. All the way there he was in prayer somewhat wrestling with God.
When he hit the basketball court at the Y and grabbed his ball, he realized that he needed to head back to his bag because the first bounce of the ball was more of a thud. His ball was flat. He would need a needle to pump it up.
You have heard of the straw that broke the camel's back. Well, that was just around the corner.
When he went to his bag to the compartment where he always had a needle for the air pump, it was not there.
He couldn't find one anywhere in his bag. His thought was, "Oh, come on God. I need to buy another needle?
Why?" He conveyed to me that they are inexpensive, but it was just the principle. ONE MORE THING TO BUY.......!!!!!
I'm not sure what happened that evening on the basketball court, but on his way home my son asked God to please let him know if HE was still there in the middle of his life's events, was he on the right track, etc.? My son just wanted a sign.
That evening he enjoyed his family, and the next morning they headed to church. Their church is a church plant that is meeting in a school at this time. He parked the car, got out, and looked down.....then broke out into laughter. THERE, on the ground was a package that had 2 basketball needles. They were in a package; brand new!!!!
God cares about the details. He heard my son. He cares about YOUR details and says when you seek Him you will find Him. Or he will reveal Himself to you. When was the last time that you saw, not one, but two needles for your basketball laying on the ground???? What were the chances?  God went the extra mile and gave him double what he needed.         I SPY!!!!