I Struck Gold!

Lost.  After 2 years, I couldn't believe I had lost it.

I recently moved to Australia, bringing whatever I could fit in a few suitcases with me.  I have to fly back to the US frequently for work, so I had this 'brilliant' plan to bring all my stuff over in waves. What this basically means is that I've been living out of a glorified suitcase for 3 months and the worst part?  I left my pearl earrings at home by mistake.

My pearls with their backs.

Anyone who knows me, knows I pretty much always wear pearls.

It's my thing.

I've had these earrings for 2 years and they are my absolute favorite.

So, here I am on my first trip back to the States, again living out of a suitcase.  I've been reunited with some of my stuff, but not all and so needless to say, I'm treasuring what little I've been missing over the last few months...especially those pearl earrings.

So you can imagine my horror when I lost the earring back. I searched high and low for that stupid thing. I don't even know why the thought of wearing a rubber backing bothered me so much but...it just did.

I had managed to keep these backs with these earrings for 2 years and believe me I can NEVER do that.

So I scoured every carpeted room in the house.  I checked the bathroom high and low, my towel and even my dirty laundry.  Nothing.

My husband and me on the Gold Coast, Australia.
In pearls.

I was so irritated about it so I asked the Holy Spirit to help me and you know what?  I still didn't find it.  I complained about it for a couple days and eventually just came to grips with it.  It was after all just a back to my earring.  It wasn't like I lost the actual pearl.

I wasn't even thinking about it when I walked into my bedroom and saw it sitting on the carpet by my bed like I hadn't looked in that exact spot 10 times.

I don't know why it showed up or how, but I do know that God cared enough to bring it back to me. I know it because that's who He is.

No matter how messy, careless or - let's face it - completely blind I am, He always picks up after me.  That's what makes trusting Him so easy and these little miracles are a great reminder of that.

I'm always blown away by these occurrences because out of all the things He has to run in the universe, He somehow makes time for the little missing earring backs of the world.