| It's interesting how we can solve many of our | | | | has already provided us with the tools we |
| problems by just realizing that we already | | | | needed for living. All we have to do is make |
| possess most of the information we need. | | | | an effort to find and use them properly. |
| Imagine asking God about the color of paint I | | | | |
| should use in the attic! The next thing I | | | | It was approaching four o'clock and God would |
| wanted to check would probably have been | | | | be arriving soon. I had started out trying to |
| whether God preferred me to get a haircut | | | | figure what questions to ask Him. How could I |
| this week or next. As I mulled these things | | | | have forgotten to think of asking for some |
| over in my mind, it became clear to me that | | | | help for old Mrs. Jones, whose husband had |
| any color I chose for the room in the attic | | | | recently died? And yes, I should have |
| would be fine. If I preferred blue, then blue | | | | considered offering assistance to that family |
| was excellent. If green made me happy, then I | | | | who lost everything in a house fire the other |
| should color my attic green. It was up to me | | | | day. I definitely should solicit God's aid |
| to decide what to do about haircuts, tires | | | | for those in greater need than myself. Next |
| and such matters. | | | | to their problems, mine seemed so |
| | | | insignificant. However, this time, I'll also |
| I slowly walked back to the house, thinking | | | | ask about Mardai and her life. |
| how we look to God to solve so many problems | | | | |
| that we ourselves are well equipped to | | | | With these thoughts, I pulled out the |
| handle. It seemed to me that it was simply | | | | coffeepot,started a fresh brew and sat down |
| better to do all we could about the problem | | | | at the kitchen table to await the arrival of |
| and then leave the rest to God. The Creator | | | | God. |