Does God orchestrate the details in your life? Do you think it’s just up to chance? Personally, I’ve seen too much to know this just didn’t happen without a prompting from the Holy Spirit and the work of a loving God active in this world.

Ben and I had just completed a trip of a lifetime to Italy with our best friends, Ben and Lindsey. We were on our second flight towards home and settled into the 4 middle seats of the airplane. Within seconds we knew we had cute little people behind us! Peeking between seats, I gathered there were three siblings close in age, traveling with their brave mom. Like any long international flight, meals would magically appear on our trays and one movie rolled into the next. I found myself in and out of sleep, in and out of Tuscan dreams when I wondered if the tug on my arm was in the conscious or subconscious. The tug continued. I peered between the seat and discovered an airplane napkin being handed to me. What in the world? Maybe I was dreaming. I became the receiver and brought the napkin in front of me.

I read it about 87 times. Then I woke up Ben from twilighting and had him read it. Who knows what the napkin giver was thinking? Probably definitely telling herself this was all a bad idea. All the while I’m having an out-of-body experience 30,000 feet over ocean. So the obvious answer is yes, but that doesn’t seem to suffice in the moment when a stranger who hasn’t even set eyes on you and has no clue about your life asks this. 

I adjusted my face so that both of my eyes could peer between the airplane seats and said, “yes.” She covered her face. Oh goodness. What is happening? I stayed in the awkward position and waited. I watched her hands wipe away tears. I saw her body shake. I noticed a little hand comfort her shoulder. She then gripped the little hand and looked at me. 

“I knew it. But this is all new to me.” Her smile was more beautiful than the Italian land I had fallen in love with. She continued to share and I continued to be amazed. “God has prompted me before, but I never know if it’s my crazy idea or His. I went out on a limb here.” 

We were both recipients of this most delightful mystery. This faith-forming confirmation that He is real and at work and in love with us! How did God place us both here at this moment - Remi traveling from time with her family in Uganda and us from a trip of a lifetime to Italy on board a plane from Amsterdam? And how did she know to ask me? 

God is into the details. 

I’d like you to meet Remi. No need to squish your face between the airplane seats. Here she is.

And the three precious kids who were right beside her on the flight.

If you’ve doubted God’s involvement in the details of your life, borrow my faith that grew strong in this story. And stay here with me. Later this month, we’re going to discuss if God is with us in our doubts. But for this moment, where are you seeing God at work? Encourage us in the comments below. And share this story with a friend who needs to be reminded that…

Yes, God is into the details of our life!

You can follow Remi at @gracetoparent on Instagram!

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