"They are at the park?"
".....p..."
"Where are they?"
"They are in her pocket," said another little girl.
The mom looked at her, "Are they in your pocket?"
The little girl shook her head.
We began walking down the path- 1/4 of a mile. We got to the front and after a little dividing kids up the teacher's attention was brought to the little girl.
"Where are your glasses?"
"at the park." Clear as day. My heart sunk. The teacher asked if I could take the remainder of her class and she'd go back with the girl and look for the glasses. I asked her if I could just go back with her.
We walked back. The whole way there I was looking ahead at the two different playgrounds, the pavilion, the swings. A lot of ground to cover. A lot.
I can't go into details, but I knew that the little girl wouldn't be able to help me much. I began asking her where she had gone. All I knew was that, according to her she wasn't on the swings.
The cute story came when she informed me that somebody had taken them off her face.
"What did she look like?"
"She had long hair. She had a long tummy. She had long legs. She had long ears." I smiled. I didn't see any dogs around. :)
As we began looking I lost hope. I think I said a quick prayer, but to be honest if they weren't on the surface to where we saw it I didn't know where they were. They could be under mulch- somewhere in the grass. I didn't want to give up. I knew that it could be a financial burden on the family.
I gave up. I didn't want her to think she was in more trouble and miss the fire house tour. She needed to be able to see what the others were seeing. We walked back. Most of the time she held my hand and kept looking up to find her glasses. We talked a little. We had already talked at lunch and she had already had found her way into my heart.
I told the teacher we didn't find them. She told me that this was one of the first weeks she wore her glasses to school because her parents were afraid she'd lose them. However, it is school so she needed to see what was in front of her.
I told the teacher that I'd try to get back to the park that evening, but in the hustle and bustle of getting Ty picked up and getting to church, with Daddy out of town, I didn't make it over. I felt bad.
That evening during bedtime prayer I almost mentioned the glasses, but decided not to. I think I was worried we wouldn't find them. I should have. My kids need to know that God answers prayers in different ways. I just didn't want to. keyword: I!
Daddy promised JJ that he would let him do some Star Wars Legos the following day. After dinner they began working. Ty so badly wanted to go to the park. I so badly wanted to stay home and let my aching feet rest, after two days of field trips and getting stuff done around the house.
I gave in. We went on the swings. Then, as we were headed to the "big" playground I asked Ty if we could look for some glasses at the "little" playground. He was happy to go. As I walked over I again did one of those "oh Lord, let us find them" but deep down I didn't know if we'd find them.
As soon as we got there I glanced at a table. Ever have a feeling like there is light shining down on something? Well, there was that evening- in our park- on a simple little picnic table- on some blue framed glasses. The arms are a little uneven, but other than that- they are fine!
Amazing that God cared about these glasses. I don't know if this family knows the Lord, in fact, I don't think they do. However, God cares about this little girl. God cares about her glasses and that her family may not be able to just run out and get some new ones.
God decided to use this little girl's glasses to teach me that nothing is impossible. Everything is worth a prayer.
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