He puts little things in my days just to make me smile

     On the road, and all through life, God puts me in the right places at the right time. This fact became more evident on the road Thursday. He puts little things in my days just to make me smile.
     On my way to class that morning, driving up a hill, the trees parted and revealed a marvelous painting. It looked as though God had taken a large wire brush, dipped it in the large jar holding His whitest clouds, and lightly stroked this brush across the sky, just for me. He made many long strokes and made a twist of His wrist at each of the ends to make a pretty curl. It was truly beautiful. I had never seen clouds like those. I felt as though nobody else noticed them, it was a present. 'I know you, I love you,' He seemed to say.
     After class I decided to go to my local library. There are many ways to get to the library, I took the road that would enable me to see my favourite part of town. At a stop sign I smiled to myself as I watched a mother and two little girls cross the old street. As they were crossing, one of the little girls looked right at me and waved with her sweet smile and her precious young hand. That put a real smile on my face and I shook my hand wildly.
     Driving around a community college later, looking for a building that had disappeared from the map, I found myself cruising down a forgotten road. There, I saw a man walking his dog. It was a young and beautiful Golden Retriever and he looked like a history teacher. He had a pipe. I smiled.

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     I am grateful for creation, for the gorgeous skies, and for his people, for my family and friends.