Cell Phone Found

Have you ever lost your cellphone? 

I have, many times. But, it has always turned up somewhere eventually. 

I've learned to trust God, who cares for me. 

He knows my weaknesses and always has my back.

Last Wednesday I was getting dressed and slipped my phone into my back pocket. As I did so I remembered, these are the shorts that my phone always falls out of. But, I didn't plan to go anywhere today, so I ignored the thought and went about my day.

Several hours later, I realized I needed something from the store so without much thought I grabbed my purse and hopped in the van. 

First I went to the pharmacy and then the grocery store before returning home. It was less then a 2 mile trip total.

Back to my cleaning, I soon realized my phone was missing. hmmmm, I checked the places I had been in, and out of the house, but it was nowhere to be found.

After about 15 minutes of searching, I settled in the recliner to relax and retrace my steps mentally.

Approximately 30 minutes after I discovered the phone was gone, Dale walks in the door and announces, "I found your phone!"

What a wonderful surprise! Not only was he home early, but to my knowledge he didn't even know my phone was missing. 

It was warm and a bit scuffed, so my first thought was it was dropped in the driveway.

But that was not so.

After talking to Dale I have retraced the path my phone must have taken to find it's way back to me.

Some where in my 2 mile round trip, it fell out of my pocket. Then it was picked up by a stranger and they headed on there way in their vehicle. After playing with the phone a bit they decided it was a cheap useless phone, or there was no information they could gain from it. So, they tossed it out the window about 10 miles down the road.

Next, a family got a flat tire and pulled over to the side of the road to fix it. Their young boy was playing around in the grass and spotted my phone. They got back on the road with my phone and spotted a Verizon store. They had noticed my phone was from Verizon, so they pulled in and gave it to the sales clerk. 

The sales clerk called my emergency contacts and reached Dale. Dale was on the road headed home, so he made a slight detour to pick up the phone before coming home.

And THAT is how my phone was returned to me in less than an hour from the time it was lost.

Do you really believe all of that happened by CHANCE? I don't.