Bad Hair Day
Today was a bad hair day. Ok, maybe not really bad, but not good either. My naturally curly hair was hanging limp, and well...blah, so I wanted it out of my face. I found a ponytail holder in my desk drawer at work and wrestled it into a messy bun. No, not a cute pinterest-y bun... a true mess of a bun! I had some large hanks falling down in the back that really needed to be pinned up, but after searching my purse and my desk in vain, no clip was to be found. I sighed and went about my day, tucking in those crazy hanging strands anytime they came loose.
Fast forward to after work, and I'm parked at the grocery store worrying about my messy head again. It's not like I was angling to win a beauty contest in Winco, but I didn't want to look like a wreck either. I started the hair clip / pin search all over again. Nothing to be found in all my car's cubbies and compartments. I reached for my purse one more time even though I'd already ransacked it for hair accessories many times that day. (Side note, I think stray hair clips, pins, and ponytail holders live in the same land as all the missing dryer socks.....any who...)
I dove one more time into the depths of my bag; like an archeologist, I dug past the receipts, crumpled tissues and several tubes of chapstick and lipgloss (I need them ALL, don't judge), and I let out a small absent-minded prayer. Please God....
Then my fingers landed on a couple of small strips of metal. Two miracle bobby pins were lying in wait at the bottom of the outside pocket! I sincerely thanked the Lord, and this verse came to mind as I hastily pinned up my wayward strands.
" And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19 NIV
Now, some may say it's a little extreme to think God was listening and sent me those bobby pins right when I needed them. I also love God too much to ever equate him with a magician, and I am not here to say which is right or wrong, but I do know this... God cares about every little thing. He's not so big he can't show up in the small things. He also didn't necessarily beam 2 bobby pins down to my purse from heaven either. But I also think the more our minds and hearts settle on him, the more the Holy Spirit can use even small things to remind us of larger spiritual truths.
I decided to read the rest of Philippians chapter 4, from where the first verse I mentioned originated, and read this.
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Philippians 4:6 NIV
In every situation...in the awful, crazy sad days, in the crazy good days, and even in the crazy hair days.
So maybe my two small pins prompted the still small voice to remind me of a not at all small directive from a Great Big God.
Messy bun not required.