Finding Faith in a Lost iPhone

Well, we have officially lost our link to Devin. This was his text to me today:

I lost my phone...Not real easy to retrace all my steps either...this is our team leader's phone-just needed to let you know things are fine-unbelievable destruction and resilience I love you!! Kiss all the kids!!

Very quickly, I realized where I was putting my faith. I have a small panic on simmer. As long as I could maintain contact with texts, phone calls, videos and emails, I had nothing to worry about. Now...I am worried. So much for my peace. God has successfully called out my idolization of the iPhone. That is where I was seeking comfort, not in Him. Well, I have to seek His peace now, don't I? I guess He wanted me to feel a tiny bit of what the Haitians are experiencing by shaking my world up a little. This is NOTHING in comparison, but it sure has changed my perspective of things. I am humbled and amazed by how well He knows me. I hate not being able to communicate, but still I know that God is sovereign.

I was just talking about James 1:2-4 today, but it wasn't in reference to me. Ha, ha!
It is now...

"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

Obviously, I lack wisdom, so if you are reading this would you please pray James1:5-6 for me?

"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault , and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."

I will post whatever info I get, but it looks like you will hear more from me than Devin. We will have to wait until he comes home for the stories, I guess. Please continue to pray for safety, perseverance, divine order, reliance on God, opportunities, and for the willingness to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit. And it wouldn't hurt if you asked God to give back the iPhone!! ;)

Catherine