Small Things

We've had this fly stuck in our house for at least a week now. Just one fly. Flies normally aren't that big of a deal to me, but this one seems hell bent on irritating me. For some reason, it enjoys hanging out in my room and bathroom. I've thrown out my trash and picked things up but to no avail; still it buzzes around in here.

This fly first started irritating me at night when it would land on me while I sleep. I would wake up and then have to fight it off before going back to sleep. So this fly and I have begun a nightly ritual of me waiting up for it until it goes into the bathroom. I then jump up and run to the bathroom and shut the door imprisoning it there and hoping that it doesn't figure out that it fits under the door.

This worked until last night. I awoke and felt the fly on me and just felt this wave of discouragement and frustration come over me. "God, why is it that something as small as a stupid fly is bothering me so much! This is just ridiculous. I shouldn't be afraid to go to sleep because a fly might land on me."

Then it hit me. Here I am talking to the GOD OF THE UNIVERSE ABOUT A FLY.

Then something else hit me. He cares about how I feel about this fly. He wants me to bring everything to him. He wants me to surrender all to him, even this silly fly. So often we give God the big things, but not the little things because "I can handle it." And while maybe we can handle it once, all those little things add up until we can't handle it anymore.

I don't know where that fly is now, but I thank God for putting him in my room so that I can keep learning to bring the little things to him.

On a more work related note:
Paul and I are close to finishing the website! Most of the pages are fully built out with just some tweaking needed. We have one major section to finish and then we will be working on getting the application for all OM Canada trips online. This is a pretty big undertaking so be praying for us as we try to find the best system. Thanks!