God of Deity and Detail

After Christmas I was given the opportunity to join some co-workers in a retreat up to their humble homes in Chiang Rai, Thailand. We joined their world/their families in: eating, residing with, and fellowship with the Akah tribal people. The people in their home village are mostly coffee farmers. I helped pick coffee beans for the day. It was hard work, yet it felt good to be out in creation, working a good days work (see picture of our bag full of picked coffee beans!). At the end of the day going down the mountain (back home) we all rode in the bed of the truck. One lady unwrapped her precious baby from her back. I had no idea that He was swaddled up behind her and I was surprised at the fact that she worked all day with him attached to her. So I took a picture (see the precious pic of mother and baby). This time in Chiang Rai was also spent hiking, in deep conversations with one another, in my own quality time with God, having devotional time as a group, and spending time with the children at a couple different children's homes. I could go on and on about the mishaps, the adventure, the many stories of the different activities...however, I would like to share with you How I saw our God in His Deity be revealed in every little detail.

A guy that I know wrote a song in reference to an ex-girlfriend and it repeatedly said, "I'm so sick of the details...I could care less about the details." And after my time in Chiang Rai I want to sit and have a long conversation with him letting him know that he SHOULD care about the details because GOD CARES about the details! I could of chosen to sit on top of the highest mountain, and take joy in just noticing the big picture of the beautiful landscape (which I did this too!). But, God continually showed me the beauty in the small details. In creation, I saw many types of flowers, trees, leaves, bamboo, coffee beans, fruits, etc, growing around the areas. I also sat in awe and listened to the many sounds of the birds and animals around (during different parts of the day I heard different music being played/sung by different creatures). If I didn't take time to notice these small intricate details, I would have missed some of the beauty God has shown me. We have a God who likes to have fun and He is quite an artistic, creative, musically minded person.

After noticing God in the details of these things I began to notice God's care for the families I was staying with and His care for the Children in the Children's Homes. You see He is about the details as He has a perfect plan, perfected to the tea for each individual (His sheep whom He knows by name) through their hardships, and their grief and loss. My co-worker's families have to work hard to put food on the table, to have a roof over their heads, and they seem to wear the same clothes each day. The children in the children's homes, were rescued from drug trafficking and prostitution. These individuals are being educated. The orphans, now have parental figures whom they are bonded too at the Children's Home. God cares about the details of their hardships/joys, their feelings and their future. GOD cares about the details of OUR hardships/joys, feelings, and future! We have a detailed Father in Heaven. I was Blessed to have the opportunity to notice God in the details of His creation, in the lives of others, and now in my life.

As stated before, our Father has an artistically detailed Hand. What details are you overlooking in your life? How are you going to take time to notice the the important details that God is placing in your life? What details do you feel God does not care about and they are too small to bring to Him? Problems of hardships you may be feeling? Insecurities, bad habits, hurts...God cares about even the things you may call, "too little to bring to God"! So what is holding you back? Mathew 10:30 tells us that God knows the number of hairs on our heads. This shows us that God is greatly interested in each of us. We do not not need to be afraid to talk to Him about any of our concerns-no matter how small or unimportant they might seem. Taking it a step further, as followers of Jesus, lets also not get sick of the details but, embrace them with pure Joy! I do not want anyone to be blind to this new revelation of our God and His love for the details!