A week or so ago I cleaned my office. During this rare event I moved something that Amanda had placed in my office. It was something that she needed to teach her class. I placed it in a stack of her stuff on top of the file cabinet in my office closet. I figured that would be sufficient since it was now with her stuff.

I didn’t consider the fact that it was a rarely visited stack.

Time goes by.

Today, a few minutes before Amanda leaves, she comes to me and asks if I’ve seen this particular item. We discuss it briefly and get a little agitated with one another. We systematically destroy a few areas of the house looking for this imminently needed item. We finally decide that there’s no hope for it, but I agree to keep looking for it so that she can still use it on Monday.

I take a few minutes to check my email and deal with a few Nelwel items. Then I remember I need to put in some “looking time” for the missing item. I said a little prayer before I got going: “God, please show me where to look for it.” I’m not joking, the phrase “file cabinet” came to me. I opened the closet door and just stared at the file cabinet. I looked at the stack on top and saw a little bit of green (the color of the item) sticking out.

It was, of course, the missing item.

Thank you, Jesus.