Terry and I have a precious friend who is an 85 year old woman. Her husband died in January, and as you can imagine, she misses him, terribly. Before COVID, we visited with her, took her out to eat, to a park, and just tried to be good “neighbors.” We live about half an hour from her, but close enough to see her. Her son is one of Terry’s oldest friends, so when he has been in town, we would see him, as well.
Since the pandemic, however, we obviously have not been doing things out and about with our sweet friend. When Terry’s friend, her son was in town; we sat outside on the porch, socially distanced, and ate dinner. It was nice to be around other people, even though we couldn’t hug, or be physically close.
We always get letters now, from our sweet friend. Like I said, she only lives about 30 minutes away, but she tells us about the weather and the amount of rain, the heat and humidity, as though we were in another state. I think it’s sweet. She is sharing with us what is important to her, in the moment.
One thing I think we all tend to guilt ourselves over when we share our concerns / heartaches with others is, “This is not very important in the grand scheme of things,” and we feel our problems are too insignificant to discuss.
Worse, we feel our problems are too insignificant to discuss with God, in our prayers.
Just as Terry and I love getting the letters from our precious friend, we never discount the two pages she writes about the rain, heat and humidity. For one thing, we can relate. The heat and humidity are stupid hot. But for another, we care about her. So if it is important to her, we like reading about it. Even if we were cold in Canada, her concerns would matter.
When we downplay the importance of our burdens with God, we stop communicating them to Him. I believe this breaks God’s heart. He wants to hear from us about everything.
“Give all your worries and cares to God, for He cares about you.” - 1 Peter 5:7 (NLT)
If it is important to us, God wants to hear about it. From job loss, to a headache. Talk to God about it, because He cares about you.. From concerns for wayward children to online school concerns. Talk to God about it, because He cares about you. From concerns about your finances to venting about lost opportunities from the pandemic, talk to God about it, because He cares about you.
God is in the details, and He cares about all of your details; from the mundane to the massive. Talk to God about it, because He cares about you.