Detalles. Details. Unconditional Love.

I have an awesome God-thing to share with you guys.

For about 2 weeks, the parents of one of my fellow students was staying with us. I can’t explain it, but I immediately trusted them. I felt like I had known them for a long time and that they cared about me... after 3 days of knowing them. I know! Crazy, but so true. I got to know them over the two weeks that they were here, and I began to really like them, and even love them. 

I had multiple dreams Tuesday night that starred my family and California. (This is not off topic, I promise.) I woke up on Wednesday feeling extremely homesick and sad. One of the things we’re leaning in this school is how to go to God BEFORE we turn to music or our friends or anything else. So, I cried out to God and I asked him to please give me a hug today. I missed the physical touch of my family, and if I could just have one really great hug, an embrace, I would be so happy.

Then I found out that my friend’s parents were leaving that day. I grew more sad knowing that I was losing friends, just as I was really getting to know them. We all went out to the sidewalk to see them off. I gave both the parents hugs, and here’s the God-thing: when I hugged my friend’s dad, he hugged me back and said, “I love you,” then hugged me harder. My eyes welled up with tears and spilled over. I said, “I love you, too,” and off he went to get into the taxi that took them both to the airport.

The fact that I had cried out to God that same morning asking for a hug, asking for comfort today, and getting it in such an unexpected way, amazes me. GOD JUST AMAZES ME. I love how He works. I love it so much. And to be honest, I had forgotten that I asked God for a hug. When my friend’s dad hugged me, I was just crying because I love him and I was sad to see him leave. I only remembered that I asked God for a hug when I started writing this post, and I cried again. Realizing how God really pays attention and listens to even the smallest desires of our hearts really puts life in perspective for me. 

God really does care. He cares about the fact that I was sad and needed comfort from a father figure. He cares about the fact that I miss my family. He cares about the fact that I miss my friends. That I miss hugs. That I miss the comforts of home. He CARES. He isn’t going to leave me hanging. I know that now. He cares about every detail of my life, and He's going to fulfill my desires in the most perfect way possible: with His unfailing, unconditional love.

Psalm 34:18 

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.”

Psalm 37:23

“The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He DELIGHTS in EVERY DETAIL of their lives.” (word emphasis by me)