Sometimes the very things that frustrate us—the delays, the detours, the unexpected inconveniences—are the exact pieces God uses to line us up with the answers we’re seeking. One of our readers recently shared an experience that beautifully illustrates this truth, and I couldn’t resist passing it along. In her own words:

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A few weeks ago, I decided to experiment on having a new inconsequential goal. It has been a while since I did it, and to be honest, I never did it whole heartedly.

I was wondering if they still made trucks with just one front seat, the way they were when I was a kid. These days, it seems like all the trucks have two seats. It seemed like a pretty good goal.

The first day I started looking I saw two. Then I started to see them everywhere. And these weren’t older trucks either. They looked like fairly recent models. It got to the point where I got tired of seeing them everywhere. I felt like it hadn’t been a very good goal to set because they weren’t as unique as I thought. This wasn’t me manifesting anything. I was just becoming more aware.

It was through that thought that God taught me. I needed to look for blessings in my life the same way I’d been looking for trucks. When I do, I will see them everywhere! I just need to pay more attention.

This hadn’t been an exercise so much to manifest the trucks as much as see what was all around me. I loved that lesson!

But that didn’t take away my desire to have the experience of seeing something that is uncommon, to really feel that I had manifest something, so I decided I wanted to see a red VW Beetle.

I knew they had stopped manufacturing Beetles several years ago, making this a perfect goal. For several days I didn’t see anything, not any sign of any color of VW Bugs even existing. I started to think that I’d made a poor choice. I would see red vehicles that were a bit unique and thought I should have picked something like that - a vehicle I was more likely see. I wondered if I should just give up. Obviously, red VW Bugs didn’t exist anymore. Maybe I should put an end to this silly exercise and just look one up on the Internet, but that felt like cheating.

Each time I had a thought like that, I brought myself back to the idea that I really wanted to see a red VW Bug, and that if I trusted God, He would help me achieve my goal. However, I admit, with each passing day, my faith in achieving my goal was waning.

Now, I’m going to take a side track here that’s very important. Last week, I set up an appointment to get my oil changed and have a recall item taken care of on my car. I set the time specifically to fit in with other things I had to get done that day. When I got to the dealership, they let me know it would take three and a half hours. When I had scheduled the appointment a few days previous, I’d been told I’d only need two and a half. I didn’t have the wiggle room for the additional hour. I was put out that the person I’d made the appointment with had given me incorrect information.

Now, I was going to have to come back to the dealership the following week, a great inconvenience to me, to have the recall work done. Begrudgingly, I made the additional appointment. Fast forward to that next week. The work on my vehicle is done and I’m waiting to pull out of the dealership onto Main Street. I need to turn left. I’m frustrated because traffic is heavier than I thought it would be and I can’t get a break to pull out. I wait and I wait, getting more and more frustrated.

All of a sudden, what should drive past me but a red VW Beetle. What?!!! I cheered as I saw it, and also in that moment I was taught an amazing lesson. Trust! My goals are not always going to come about in the way that I think. I didn’t want to be at the dealership that day and yet, it was by being there that I achieved my goal. Events had been set into motion the previous week that put me in the right place at the right time. I fully believe that God was in the details of that.

Maybe those inconveniences aren’t such a bad thing. When my focus is on God, more than how I’m going to achieve my goal, I can trust that He will help me bring it to pass. I didn’t have to go out searching for a red VW Bug. It was brought right to me. I just needed to be patient.

Both of these “inconsequential” goals turned out to be not so inconsequential. This exercise reminded me of things I tend to forget, namely, pay attention, and trust God!

I am surrounded by amazing blessings. I need to trust that God is in the details, even the inconvenient ones, and when it's taking far longer than I want it to. He will bring to pass those things I desire. My job is to put Him first and He will guide me to do those things I need to do. -- Cosette Snarr

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Thank you, Cosette, for sharing this thoughtful reminder with all of us. Your experience beautifully illustrates how even life’s small annoyances can be woven into God’s perfect timing. May we all slow down, pay attention, and trust that He’s in the details—especially when things don’t go the way we planned. 

So, let's remember to stay CURIOUS, EXPECTANT, and TRUSTING that "...all things [do indeed] work together for good to them that love God...." (Romans 8:28)

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