I Felt Closest to God When...

Every night, before Lilly goes to bed, we read out of a children's Bible or out of a family devotional of some sort.  One particular night we were reading a devotional where one of the questions was "When have you felt close to God?"  At first, she couldn't think of anything.  I told her I felt closest to God when I saw her for the first time at the hospital.  Then, a few minutes later she says, "I felt close to God when I hurt my back and had to go to the hospital." 

I was thinking back to that experience and she was pretty calm during all the tests and so was I  - which is surprising given the circumstance and the fact that I don't do well with medical stuff.  I know my prayers during the time were just that she would be OK, but I am just now realizing that God gave us so much more than that.  He gave us peace and calm and knowledge and the help of my mom to deal with the situation.  Amazing!