Little Life Lesson

My oldest son kept asking for some "GoGos."  He told me he saw them on a commercial.  They were little tiny toy figurines that you can flick with your finger to play a game in which you try to knock other GoGos out of a circle.  Anyway, we looked for these GoGos on more than one occasion and never saw any in stores.  One day I was grocery shopping and there they were, hanging in a very unlikely location (no where near any toys).  Needless to say, he was thrilled when I picked him up from school and surprised him with a pack of GoGos.  He was so excited he took them over to a friends house that afternoon to play.  Somehow in all the fun, one of the GoGos went missing.  We searched everywhere, inside and out.  No luck.  This is a very tiny toy and the odds of it ever turning up were slim (plus these friends have a dog...a big enough dog to swallow it whole).   That night he was still upset about it and I said,  "You know, we should pray about this.  God cares about things that are lost.  The Bible is full of stories about searching for things that are lost until they are found.  God knows what it feels like to miss something.  He cares."  My son tearfully answered "But He'll just say "no"---I know it."   I explained that sometimes God does answer "no" or "wait" to our requests, but He always wants us to bring our requests to him.  So we prayed.  Several days passed.  No GoGos.  It was on his mind again one day in the car, so we prayed again.  A couple more days passed---no sign of it.  Deep down, I began to think we'd never find it.  I even got another pack of GoGos and split it among both my older boys--hoping to remedy the situation.  Then one day, we answered a knock at the door only to discover our neighbor standing there holding the little brown GoGo.  She told us her boys said it was ours.  She found it in the backyard (well within the dog's domain) and she didn't know what it was.   WOW!!! God taught me and my son a little lesson that day.  He does answer prayers. He cares about things that matter to us.   It also made me see how sometimes, my faith is so small. I don't need to remedy situations that I bring to God.  I should just give over the situation and leave it in His hands.  Thank you God for protecting, keeping, and revealing that GoGo so that it could be returned.  Thank you for growing my faith and showing me the importance of prayer!  I love you!