Ava is huge part of us taking care of our girls! Sometimes we like to reward her with special things to show her how appreciated she is. So, Ava had gotten a new ELSA watch from the movie Frozen and it was gorgeous. She was simply so proud of it and wore it everywhere she could. One day she wore it to the dentist office when her daddy took her. She came home and that night after the office was closed and everyone was going to bed, she informed me so sheepishly that she had in fact lost her watch. She knows she left it at the dentist office. This frustrated me and I tried to explain to my now crying daughter, that the watch probably won't be there tomorrow because someone else probably saw it and took it home to their little girl that also LOVES Elsa and Frozen. We prayed for honest people to find the watch and then I promised to call in the morning.
The next morning, just as promised, we called the office. They said they had not seen the watch. We explained it and told them the story. The front office lady took our number and promised to call us if they found it. She even went back and talked to the hygienist that had worked on Ava and asked if she had seen it. That lady said she remembered Ava and the watch being on her wrist because they had talked about it but she had not seen it since. Ava was still praying so hard but I figured it was gone for good.
Later that day we were out and about and I decided last minute, because she was still so sad and praying so hard, to stop in and check it out. We prayed one last time before we got out of the car. Her hopes were so high and mine, sad to admit, were not. We walked in and up to the front desk. I started explaining that we had called earlier and they remembered us immediately. I was sad for Ava as a few of the ladies came over to the window to see her and they were all so sad and giving her their sweet sorrows as she was holding in the tears. We politely thanked them, made sure they had our number, and turned to head out. We had shared with them that we were still praying so it might turn up unexpectedly. They just smiled. Here is the best part!!!!! AS were turned around to head home, with our heads hung, someone stopped us. It was the man sitting in the waiting room when we first walked in, and he had said hi and we had said hi back. He said, "are you guys looking for a watch?" we said yes and he said follow me. We followed him out into the hall and he walked up to a door and pulled something off the random door's doorknob. As he turned around to extend his hand toward us, there in his palm was Ava's WATCH. His eyes were looking at us and watching as our expressions turned to amazement and pure joy. . .for we had seen a miracle! TRULY. :) Ava started squealing her appreciation. As for me, not a surprise to many, I started crying. I was so in awe that God had worked this miracle out to build my child's faith. God does care about the sparrows and the little things!! The chances of the watch being picked up and carried out of the office into the main complex and then hung on a random doorknob of another office that happened to be the last door before the outside door. The even smaller chance of us seeing it or running into someone that had happened to glance, see it on the door knob, and be in there long enough to hear that we were looking for it. We ourselves had walked past the door and watch and never saw it at all. This man smiled at us and Ava went flying back in to the office ladies to show them her answer to prayer. Even the dentist came out to hear what had happened. WOW. . .oh the faith of a child. . .if only we could all have that faith. Thanks be to God for showing up in this BIG way to such a little girl that means so much to her mama! :)
