God In the Details

It always amazes me what happens when we truly invite God into our day. He actually does work miracles big and small. (as a long time woman of faith this should not surprise me the way it does,but non the less I'm awed anew each time)

Case in point: In my day job, I am a Volunteer Manager. I had been struggling with what to do about Sam*, one of our longtime volunteers. He has dementia and was really starting to falter. His volunteer job was pushing people in wheelchairs from place to place within the hospital. I hated to pull him out of this role becaue he loves it so much but for his own safety I had to. I prayed about it and asked God to go before me when I talked to Sam* about changing his volunteer job. It worked. Sam* responded well to my suggestion that we move him to a desk job. (Small victory!) But even in his new desk assignment he was struggling.

What now? I prayed. Help me Lord. Sam is so sweet and tender hearted, I don't want to hurt his feelings, but what should I do?

Then yesterday, Sam didn't show up for his volunteer job. This was highly unusual as he's extremely dependable and always early. It turned out his family had moved him to a retirement home. Later, Sam called to tell me of his new place and said he won't be able to volunteer anymore. This was a huge blessing. Sam will come back one more time for a 'retirement celebration'. He was able to leave with his dignity intact and I didn't have to remove him.

I am in awe and praise God for caring enough to get involved in the little things.