Mommy's bobby pins.

My mommy told me the story of a little girl who wanted to get away from boarding school so much that she made a little altar in the schoolyard with 2 bobby pins and prayed diligently to God to make her parents get along so that she could go back home. God answered and she didn't ever have to go back to Holy Providence and she started a journey in prayer that has taken her around the world and back again.

God reminded me of that little girl this past Sunday, while we were on our way to church. The clouds parted in the most perfect cross that you ever want to see and peering through was the sunrise. Elyse said Mom, "look at the cross in the sky" and I said "where is it?" Sure enough, we all oohed and ahhed and enjoyed the wonder of the cross in the sky. That was the beginning of the liturgy of the day. The Holy Spirit started early, that Sunday, showing me the connections on this past Sunday. Usually, it is the beauty of the bells as we are marching into church that starts my perception of the themes and connections of the day.
This past Sunday, whoever was on cloud duty was a part of the liturgy committee and was letting me know that they were aware of Holy Providence also. I said to myself that the angels must have taken off their bobby pins to let us see the sunrise that God was showing.

It was an extra special Lord's day for us. We had a special singer and the Pastor preached about the bigness of God and the choir sang my favorite song by Larnelle. I don't remember now which one :)

It would take me ten years of writing, just to give you the connections between what the Word of God was in the service and the angel's bobby pins that let us see the sunrise. I have to write it because the children don't get the bobby pin joke between the angels and myself and the only people who know about Holy Providence are in New York. God is over all and thankfully we have all eternity to reminisce about the connections that God wove through our prayers. It will certainly take that long!