In 1985 the late Dr. Terry Winter had asked Moira to be
office manager for his evangelistic crusade in her hometown of Peterborough,
Ontario. One day a committee member came
into the office carrying an adorable, real, live, little white bunny with a bow
tied around its neck. They secured a cage and rabbit food for "Gideon Hosanna,"
who became their unofficial mascot for the eight-month campaign. When Gideon
went to a loving family, a friend gave Moira the ceramic bunny as a memento of
the sweet, pink-eyed pet.
Fast forward to almost a decade later, Moira's family had to
move from their townhouse so that Tim Allen could move in to make the movie The Santa Clause. For five-and-a-half
weeks they lived in a townhouse that Disney rented for them. Several weeks
after returning home Moira realized that her tiny Gideon was missing. Thinking she
must have left him behind in the place mats drawer, Moira dashed to the front
door of the now sold residence. The owner listened to her strange plea, then
told her the entire kitchen had been torn out and delivered to his son… in
another town. "I'll ask him to check inside the drawers" was his promise.
Moira's family left for vacation and requested the neighbor to
collect their mail in the meantime. He delivered a bagful of mail along with an
apology. As it turns out, he tossed the bag onto his closet floor one day and
was shocked to hear something shatter. Amazingly, Gideon had come home, but the
battle to rescue him was not done. Fortunately, the breaks were clean. Moira
was able to restored him with glue.
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As a child Moira often sang, "God sees the little sparrow
fall, it meets His tender view; If God so loves the little birds, I know He
loves me too."
Somehow though, she concluded that God must be tied up with
the really big needs of starving children in war-torn countries. Her task was
to try to be good, and preferably low maintenance. God had a lot on His plate!
For many years Moira missed the joy of relationship with the One David
celebrated:
"The Lord directs the
steps of the godly. He delights in every
detail of their lives" (Psalm 37:23).
Paul said:
"Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in
every circumstance and in everything,
by prayer and petition (definite requests) with thanksgiving continue to make your wants known to God"
(Philippians 4:6 AMP).
God, who parted the Red Sea, is not inconvenienced to find a
parking spot for us!
"Behold! God is
mighty and yet despises no one, nor regards anything as trivial; He is
mighty of understanding and heart" (Job 36:5 AMP).
How small a thing is too trivial for God? Can a single mother whose daily life is complicated by a broken washing machine "trouble" the Almighty about something so domestic? Of course!
"God cares right down to the last detail" (James 5:11 MSG).
He says He has counted the hairs on our heads… how important is that?
In the eyes of your loving heavenly Father you are a person
of value and worth. He knows everything
about you and He extends an invitation to you:
"Cast all your
anxiety on Him because He cares for you" (1 Peter 5:7 NIV).
God is a limitless resource. He is omnipotent - all
powerful. The Eternal One lives outside of time and is omnipresent. He can
comfort a desperate child who cries out to Him across the world, and in the
same moment, smile at Moira's request - "Lord, where did I leave my little
Gideon?"