"Unclaimed Treasures"

Our grandson loves little "treasures". Anything that comes out of a junk drawer and fits into a little boys pocket is a treasure. I had one specific drawer like that in my house and he loved to take a stool and stand on it and dig through everything in the drawer. I was thinking of him that Sunday morning when my husband and I left home to go to church.

He loves long chains, rope, string: if you can wrap it around your finger and make something with it, it's in his hands. I saw a chain that I though he would really like so I slipped it in my pocket as we were leaving. On the way to church I kept thinking about how excited he would be when I gave it to him.

We arrived early and I kept waiting anxiously for him to come. Eventually, I saw him coming through the door and I could hardly wait for him to get to the row we were sitting on. As he approached our seating area, I tried to make eye contact with him. I had my hand in my pocket ready to give him the little chain that I had brought him. But...he brushed right by me without even looking up. I watched him hurry quickly to his Uncle who was at the end of the row and climb up on his lap. I waited for him to look at me but he never did...

I kept playing with the chain in my pocket and thinking, "Well, okay, he doesn't see his Uncle that often; I'll give it to him after church. But after church, he ran around and played with the other kids. He never did see me, but I was there...with his treasure in my pocket. Later, he came by my house, and I told him that I had brought a treasure for him to church but he didn't see me.

How many times have I rushed by God and He had a treasure for me in his pocket? There must be "zillions" of unclaimed treasures in heaven.

I am so thankful for the times that I do hear God's voice, and I know that because I have listened ...He has made a difference in my day. Isn't it awesome to recognize when He has done something to change the course of our day...even an attitude that was not good or to bring someone across our path that encourages us in His love. He knows our every need and I am so thankful for a faithful loving God that has an abundance of "treasures" in His pockets just waiting to bless us with.

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you," declares the Lord... Jeremiah 29:11-14