Just a simple, little need...

My son is Charles Dickens in the school Christmas program this year.  I told his teacher I would work on getting his costume together but I must admit that the date of the performance has snuck up on me.  With just a week til show time, I set out today to find an outfit with Victorian English flare.  Not an easy task in our area!  Before leaving the house I prayed the simple prayer of, Dear Lord, please, please, please help us find what we need! 
Our first stop was at the local Goodwill store.  At first, their assortment of clothing was not looking too promising, but as I turned to look at the last row of kids clothing, there it was! The perfect suit coat...with pants and a tie! The color was a little bright but the style was perfect.  But would it fit??  Yes! The perfect suit, the exact size, and at our first store.  I was thrilled!  We were in and out of the store in less than 20 minutes with what we needed.
I prayed and petitioned my God for something very simple.  At one time,  I would not have considered this little need worthy of bothering my Sovereign God with.  But I am learning to lean on more than me for even my most basic, simple, and seeminly unimportant needs.  The need to find a costume is nothing compared to the need for food, or money to pay the power bill that others may be facing.  But it was my need at the moment and my needs, however small they are to me, are worthy of asking for help with.  I don't think God sees needs as "big" and "small" as I used to.  A need is a need, and all need is important to Him.  When we fully rely on more than ourselves to provide our needs, we begin to understand just how important our needs are to Him, and we recognize how He provides even our simplest of needs.

1 John 5:14-15

¹⁴ This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.