miracles

this morning i was putting my watch on but not very carefully and to my horror i soon realised that i had put the clasp in the wrong spot! it sounds weird and that i'm exaggerating, but i tried to take it out so i could put my watch on properly, and i couldn't. it was stuck.

at first i wasn't too worried, after all what could possibly happen? but as i kept trying to undo the clasp i was getting more and more anxious as 1) i don't have much time in the mornings and i had already wasted 10 min 2) i couldn't see any possible way of getting the clasp off without hurting either myself or the watch and 3) i couldn't leave it on because the way it was positioned, it was digging into my wrist which really hurt! and 4) this watch was my parent's 17th birthday present to me so i was extra anxious!

it put me in a really bad mood as i kept struggling with it, and i almost swore at my sister when she came into my room, sat down at my table, turned on my computer to check the weather for today instead of helping me!

i asked mum to help me, so we were both struggling to get the watch off for another 10 min, and by this time i was getting almost frantic. mum took out sets of pliers from the toolbox to try and either bend the clasp or cut it - but the watch was too well made and it didn't even make a dent! at this point i was almost in tears and just desperately wanted to get the watch off; my wrist was all red and sore.

just as i gave up hope and resigned myself to having my watch dig into my wrist all day until we could find a way to get it off - it miraculously just slipped off!

and then i realised.

God taught me a very important lesson today. Even with the most ordinary mundane things in this world, God can do the impossible. Not only this, but He cares and wants us to put our trust in Him for EVERY aspect of our lives - even watches that get stuck!

I say with shame that i didn't even consider praying to God to help me this morning - i thought i could handle it myself... and at the moment when i was most helpless only then did my attention turn away from myself and to God who in his mercy provided me with nothing short of a miracle. You might not think so; but i see how God has used this experience to teach me a lesson about trusting Him.