Mira, Myra, My Lord and Me

Ok, I have to write down what happened today because it was so encouraging to me. Since we gave our dog, Mira, to her new owner nine days ago, I have really been missing her. This morning during my prayer time I cried about Mira, sharing with God how much I miss her and how I hoped she was adjusting ok to her new home and wondered if her new owner (Get this, her name is Myra!)was happy about her decision to take Mira. Today was the day we had to drive our stuff for our Africa shipment to Kansas City, so a friend of ours drove up to the house this morning and traded his truck & trailer for our van. He is a physician and a couple minutes later he called and said he'd left his stethoscope in the truck. Josh and I drove it to his office and when I walked in to hand it to the receptionist, I heard "Well, hello, Nancy!" I turned around and there was Myra! So I sat with her for a couple of minutes and she shared that she had been praying for us. Then she said that Mira is just crazy about her, follows her everywhere and wants her attention all the time and that she loves the dog. I had to go, but I gave Myra a big hug and my thanks. I have told my children many times that God cares about animals, that He counts our tears and cares deeply about the things in our hearts. Today was my turn to be reminded. I don't believe in coincidences. God knew what I needed and provided the answer as only He can. Just last Sunday morning our pastor prayed for us and asked God to "just love on the Burtons". I'll have to let him know that God has been doing just that.