The new year moved our sacrament meeting to 9 a.m.  I slept later than normal and moved through my morning routine quickly.  The snow that had come in the night was still falling so when I reached the garage I slipped out of my dress shoes, pulled on my boots and shoveled a path for my car to get out of the driveway before changing back into my dress shoes.  I prayed in sacrament meeting, taught gospel doctrine, returned home and only when I sat down in front of the fire to chat on the phone with my son did I notice that I was wearing navy socks with my black sweater and cream skirt.  I commented on it and my son asked, “Didn’t that happen last week?”  No.  It has been three weeks since I last mistakenly pulled on my navy socks instead of my black ones in my apparently too dark closet.  

 

I clearly miss details all the time but God doesn’t.  “Not even a sparrow falls to the ground without our Father’s notice. The Lord is in the small details of our lives…. Remember, as the Lord said to Abraham, ‘I know the end from the beginning; therefore my hand shall be over thee.’…What are God’s miracles that remind you that He is close, saying, “I am right here”? Think of those times, some daily, when the Lord has acted in your life—and then acted again. Treasure them as moments the Lord has shown confidence in you and in your choices. But allow Him to make more of you than you can make of yourself on your own. Treasure His involvement….” (Elder Ronald A. Rasband, October 2017)

 

The Lord knows our details, He knows our missteps, our weaknesses, our strengths, and our hearts. He knows our everything.  When we look, we will see Him in the details of our lives and know that He is right beside us lifting, tutoring, and helping us to become like Him.