No Miracle Too Small

 I have a pair of earrings which are tiny flip flops and I love them!  In July, we spent two weeks in Nauvoo working security detail for the pageants.  We stayed with Marty and Jamie Steen in their extra bedroom.  I placed my suitcase on a dresser and my shoes were against the wall.  Above the shoes was a little shelf with three wooden pegs.  I hung our security badges there as well as the car keys and my little velvet bag of jewelry.  

Each time I took off some jewelry or wanted to choose some to wear, I dumped the bag on the bed and picked through what I wanted.  I never set my earrings anywhere on a flat surface but always put them immediately in that little bag.  One day during our second week, I wanted to wear those flip flop earrings.  After dumping the contents on the bed I noticed one was missing.  That was odd.  It was here before.  I checked the floor beneath the shelf and found nothing.  Perhaps I didn't put it back when it was on the bed and it was under the bed.  Nothing.

I said a prayer and asked Heavenly Father to help me find it if it was findable.  I told Him it wasn't a huge deal but that I really liked them and would be disappointed if I didn't find it.  Over that week I looked under the bed and next to the wall and in the bag several more times.  Still nothing.  I figured it was gone forever.  Maybe Marty sucked it up when he vacuumed our room.

I packed my suitcase on Saturday night except for the things I would need on Sunday.  I looked again and still nothing.  On Sunday morning, Pat packed his things and we took it out to the car.  I went back to look one more time thinking that perhaps it stuck to the bedding and now it had fallen to the floor.  Upon looking under the bed I found Pat's wallet.  Neither of us knew it was missing.  Then I looked on the empty floor one more time and I found my earring under the dresser.  There is no logical reason for it to be there.  There was a reason for me to look under the bed though.  It was a miracle to find the wallet.  I would never looked under the bed before we left if that earring hadn't been missing.  

No miracle is too small for our Father in Heaven!  I feel that the piece of jewelry had to be missing in order for me to look for it and find the wallet.  I don't believe in coincidence!

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