The Lord Cares

I've experienced God's favour in the most innocuous of ways early this month. I was helping a friend out by fetching his kid from school (he had been out of town). I remember standing outside the school and casting worried glances at the sky.
It was dark and had the look of raining heavily and I didn't have an umbrella. I was excited of the prospect of having to bring the child back and then he falls sick because he was caught in the rain, so I quickly prayed and asked God to hold back the rain.
When it started raining, I switched tack and asked God that at least the child wouldn't fall sick. When the little one came out, the staff was very kind to look after him while I went to get the vehicle. That I did and we were off home. I was at least grateful that we wouldn't have to be drenched getting on the vehicle.
Then came the first surprise. It was raining heavily all the way. When we reached the child's grandparents' place (which was where I was to fetch him anyway), I looked out the window and saw it was bright and sunny! I was gaping at the skies and marvelling at how God would somehow saw fit to grant favour on me.
The second surprise came the next day. I had told myself to bring an umbrella and of course, in all nature of things, I had to forget, so I was nervously wondering if I really deserved His grace this time. I felt that I really deserved the consequences. But the same thing happened again! It was raining heavily during the car journey but was sunny when we actually reached the place.
The third day I really learnt my lesson. I borrowed an umbrella from a nearby office and even this time, the rain slackened when I fetched him home.
I felt that this was God reminding me that He was looking after the big things (i.e. that the universe ran the way it did) so I never have to worry about them. But yet He showed His tenderness by letting me know that he was also interested in the small details of my life. I mean, why did He even bother with an insignificant prayer of an insignificant person? Why did He even have to bother listening even? I do not and will never understand how God loves so much to the extent that He would come down and answer the smallest adnmost innocent of prayers. It's like He was shouting to me, 'Do not be afraid to ask! You matter! And so do the things in your heart!'
God is not an aloof Being. He proved that much to me. He could have brought up some verse in the Bible to me (which He does from time to time). This time, He wasn't contented with just that. He wanted to come Himself and touch me. He wasn't contented to show me His love from afar. He wanted to tell me Himself how He loves me.