"Mormon Moment" - Pt. 1

For the last week, I was searching for my iPod. In my purse, in my backpack, in my room, at my desk at work. Nada. After the last couple of days, I finally just gave up and figured that I had accidentally left it somewhere or - heaven forbid - it had been stolen.

I am not one of those people who needs their MP3 players to breathe, and I think that people who listen to the music blasting at decibels I can hear across three seats of the Metro are rather crazy, but I like me some Chopin in the morning and Heroes del Silencio in the evening. On Thursday when I was coming back from La Latina really late at night, I missed my iPod. Earlier this evening when I was writing postcards, I missed my iPod and listening to the dulcet tones of Holst's "Planets" or my piano rendition of "If You Could Hie to Kolob."

I had sunk into a bit of a depression. That was three years' worth of music and a some really, really good Bollywood and Coldplay songs that I was going to have to replace. The iPod probably isn't even worth any monetary value because it's so old, so a curse upon the thief who took it from me!

This evening, the veil covering my eyes lifted.

I found my beautiful little iPod sticking out of a pocket in my purse. I had perused my purse multiple times before this, so you'll believe me when I did a double-take. It was like my slim, black, red earphone-wrapped iPod had magically appeared. I investigated more closely, and realized that for the last week my scripture-journal had been wedged in the same pocket - the iPod must have slipped between the pages.

I was so happy to find such a little thing, and I promptly fell down on my knees and offered a prayer of thanks to Heavenly Father for helping me find my iPod. It's an iPod for crying out loud, nothing special at all, but (in all seriousness) praise the Lord! He has helped me find something as inconsequential as music to ease my journeys to and from work and to enrich my life when I find myself alone.

It might also be a not-so-subtle hint that I should use my scripture journal more frequently than I have been wont to.

This may constitute the first in a series of "Mormon Moments." How long the series goes, I do not know, but I have at least one more post planned.