Our Carolyn (age 16) is learning to trust the Lord with her "big" problems and her "little" problems -- if we could decide which was which.
She had not had just a rush of dates during her junior year in school and had wanted to go with a certain boy for a long time. As the Junior/Senior banquet approached, she became more and more concerned as to who would ask her. One day I told her, "Let's just pray and ask the Lord to work this little matter out." She said, "Oh, Mama, do you really think He cares about something so little as this??" "Absolutely," I said. "He cares about every detail of our lives."
I prayed and told the Lord that Carolyn wanted to go with Christian boys and that she wanted to please Him in every way. I said, "Lord, she needs an escort to this banquet, and you know the boy she wants to go with, and that he is the finest of the bunch. She has chosen him and will you help him to choose her? I just leave it in Your hands, and thank You so much for the answer."
It was not many nights later that HE asked her to the banquet. She was as thrilled about the answer to our prayer as she was getting the date. Praise the Lord for answering little requests or big ones -- which is it? Thank You, Lord anyway!
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| Kevin & Carolyn's First Date |
Addition to original: This turned out to be a BIG answer.... because that boy became her husband about five years later!
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| August 13, 1976 |
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