Funny....

This post is more on a personal note, but I have a semi crazy story.
Very soon [freakishly soon] after writing my last post, my computer was stolen from my kitchen table.
It was quite an interesting situation. Very unnerving. But the Lord definitely showed His faithfulness and His goodness through the situation, and once again showed me He will provide for all my needs.

So, my computer was stolen Wednesday morning. By Saturday afternoon, God had provided the money for and I had purchased my new computer. My dad helped me pick it out, and it was a great computer for a great price! I was so grateful for the people who helped make it happen (my grandma and my dad) and for all of the people who were there for me.

It was a stressful situation because I had spent hours working on a study guide for my earth science midterm (which was 50% of my grade) and it was lost, along with all my notes for that class. Also lost was history notes, including from the class day that none of my friends went to and were all relying on me for the notes. In addition to that, none of the music or pictures from this school year were backed up (though everything that was on there at the end of last summer was backed up). I was working on compiling a list of lines from hymns that were powerful, and often the hidden lines we sing without noticing. I had almost two pages of those, and added new ones all the time. That too is lost. I'm so bummed because I worked on that for months and was getting close to having enough to post on here.

But here's the thing - God is sovereign over the situation, even in lost documents that were an encouragement to me and potentially to others, too. I have to keep reminding myself of that. Yes, it still affects me and was/still is a huge hassle and bummer. But really, I do have so much to be grateful for - He was watching over and taking care of me throughout the situation, nothing else was taken, He answered prayers for a)finding a good computer and b)being able to afford it. Though it made my spring break...interesting (and made it very hard to answer quickly when people ask how my break was), I have so much to thank God for.

I just find it that all of this happened so soon after writing a post on prayer...I think the Lord was seriously trying to tell me something!