The other night my sleep was interrupted
by some rustling noises coming from the corner of my bedroom.
My daughter was asleep on the floor,
so I jumped up and made her crawl into our bed.
A mouse!
Could it be a mouse?!
For a moment,
I thought it was a possibility!
Then I remembered the two little robo hamsters
we bought for our girls just days before.
I dragged myself half asleep to Jocelyn's room
to check on them
and sure enough one of the little critters escaped from the cage.
First thing that morning,
Jocelyn and I caught the little hamster
-who hadn't moved all night-
and put her back into her cage.
This is the 3rd time one of Jocelyn's hamsters has woken me up
in the middle of the night.
Why do they always end up in my corner in the middle of the night? I mumbled.
The laundry room and two other bedrooms in the house had their doors wide open,
but for some reason the hamsters always end up in the same place.
My corner of the house.
It was so thankful to have caught her,
because the salesgirl at Petco made it sound as though robo hamsters
are not to be held. She said their instinct is to escape and
when they get loose it's almost impossible to find them.
We got lucky!
Later, as we were eating breakfast
my daughter was reading me a story from her school book.
I had her put it down to finish her cereal,
and said we would continue reading it later.
She checked the page number,
"316." She said.
"316?" I repeated. "That reminds me of John 3:16."
I looked up the verse and read it to her.
"I wonder if that verse popped into my mind for a reason?"
"No, Mom." She said matter-of-factly, "it's just a page I stopped on."
"Hmmm. You said 316 and then this verse popped into my head.
I think there was a reason."
"Mom, it just happened, there was no reason."
"Oh, if you ask me, there is always a reason.
Bible verses make their way into my head,
because I care about them.
Yep, Jesus is the reason.
I keep Jesus in my corner, and He keeps me in His.
That has to be why those furry little creatures keep ending up in my corner.
My corner is a safe place to be! ;)
