Amazing how God take care of the little things

The past couple of days I have been reminded once again how GOD cares about even the little things in our life.  He orchestrates it all in so many marvelous ways.

We have friends down here in Orlando and wanted to visit them but weren’t sure where they lived nor where they worked.  We usually meet them at DISNEY……fun, fun!!   Anyway I am a scrounger as far as looking for the best price on hotels and usually use priceline when I book a place.  Priceline has great prices and I think it is fun to bid on a place and then see where we end up.  I have become convinced that somehow GOD has control of that detail in our lives too.  I  know it is run by human beings who are out to make a dollar or two but anyway………………..God somehow pushes the right bottom.

He has had us in the perfect location more than once as I have bid on different areas.  Everytime I close my eyes when I see that they have accepted my bid and say a little prayer as I am SO afraid that I will end up in some little hick hotel.  BUT everytime HE has given us a really nice place.

So about 5 weeks ago I put in a bid for the Orlando area.  At first my bid wasn’t accepted so I added another area which was the Kississimmee area and raised my bid by $2.  A few minutes my big was accepted and once again I shut my eyes as I scrolled down the page to see where we ended up.  You see on priceline you don’t get to choose the hotel you stay in although you do get to choose how many stars you want to stay you want for your hotel.  This time we ended up at a Holiday Inn in Kississimmee.

We enjoyed a couple of days of doing nothing and then called our friends only to find out that Bonnie works less than 5 minutes from us at Celebration in one of the Disney offices…..and we are close to their house……well not really close as they live in Poinciana but at least God put us on a section of Orlando area that is the closest to their house.  Isn’t that just amazing!!

Today as I thought about the above I was in AWE once again how God cares and undertakes for even the tiniest details of our lives.  He knew that we would want to be close to where Bonnie works and also knew where we needed to be located.  Isn’t that such a blessing….I don’t know about you but i LOVE how HE cares for us.

Little things God sends my way

God is so cool and I think HE loves to send little things my way….like a rainbow after a storm!! 

This evening that is exactly what GOD did for me……we went over to a friends house for supper and as we were leaving there was this gorgeous rainbow just peering down at us!!  I told my sweet hubby….God is going to take care of me!!

You see….the past few days this momma, nana, wife has NOT felt the best and have had alot of swelling in my legs.  I think it is due to the heat…standing too long in one place, or just from having that knee replacement!!!  I know it has been over a year and a half since I had that surgery but once in awhile it still swells up and decides that it needs some PITY!!! 

Anyway…..I know that GOD knew that I needed a reminder that HE was still there and in control….you see we leave for Brazil in two days.  The team comes in tomorrow and we will be busy getting to know them, having orientation and packing our last minute things.  2 are coming from California and 2 from Idaho and the rest of the team is from this area.  It  will be fun getting to know each of them!!

But…..as I was saying God cares for little things and HE knows about every little area of my life.  Last week HE had us stay in a motel that was less than a mile from where our dear friend, Bonnie works.

He somehow had the ones at Priceline book us into the motel that was super close to her…..isn’t that just amazing.   I go to www. priceline.com quite a bit to book motels and everytime GOD gives us so good deals.  Whenever I win the bid I close my eyes say a little prayer and peek at where I will be located.  You see when you bid on priceline you never know what type of hotel you will be in nor do you know the exact location.  But this time GOD knew where we should be and HE put us in the exact location.

So for today I need to be reminded that GOD knows about these sore legs and HE will put me in the right location.  On the plane, bus or wherever because HE cares about the little things in my life!!

Disney- Animal Kingdom

We always LOVE going to any of the Disney parks here at Disney World.  I must admit that this is one of my favorite places in the world!!  You can basically slip away from anything for a few hours and DREAM away.  I not only love the parks but I LOVE WATCHING all of the families interact with each other, smile at each other and laugh together.  I am sure by the end of the day they do have a few CRABBY children and parents but during the day it is such a delight to watch faces loving their time together. 

Another cool thing is hearing languages from around the world and to me that is totally awesome!!  People who GOD loves and people who need HIM!!  Yesterday we were at a store and one of the clerks jokingly asked the other cashier….Hey, does anyone other than your husband say, I love you to you??  She said NO and he then said, well….I love you!!  I then said to her, you mean your mom or dad don’t say I love you to you???  She said, No…never…they just tell me all the things I do wrong!!  Isn’t that just the saddest thing!!  I should have stopped right then and said, Oh but God loves YOU!!

Oh where was I ???  I think I was talking about going to Animal Kingdom today, wasn’t 1??  We have a dear friend who works for Disney and she graciously took her lunch break to let us into the park for FREE!!  Isn’t that just a blessing!!

It was super HOT today here but we had so much fun!!  We went on the safari ride which so reminds us of the roads in PNG.  On the safari you ride in an old truck and can see all kinds of exotic animals from Africa.  They are all out in the open and are SO amazing!!!   We saw some animals that we have never seen before…God made so many neat things and all of the animals showed HIS creativity!!  WOW!! 

We then went to the Lion King Show which I totally loved.  Once again it was amazing to see all of the acrobatics that the group performed.  Another WOW!!

Of course we had to ride on a few rides and got soaked on the water raft ride which cooled us down.  Right before the park closed we went on it again with two other couples and that was fun as they were going on it over and over again.  SO we joined them….we laughed at each other as the water would dump on us.  After three trips on that ride we were drenched!!!  

A really fun ride was the roller coaster that is fairly new.  It doesn’t turn you totally upside down, nor does it twist you around but is a cool, cool ride.  You go up, up, up and then fall only to get to the end of the track so then you plunge backward!!  It is really fun…..I do love roller coasters but haven’t wanted to go on many lately but I am SO glad my hubby thought I would love it….as I did.  By the end of the day the lines were really short so we were able to go on it another time.  That time we had a group in front of us and they made the whole ride FUN for all of us.   It was an awesome day!!