The Sparrow's Fall

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God notices us and our needs. This week I got a 71% on my Physiology test, and this was devastating to me. I have been doing a lot: I had a job working 20 hours a week at 4 am, I was volunteering at the hospital, part of the student outreach council, and working at the temple, taking 14 credit hours and spending every other available moment working on my relationships. I felt like I had neither the spare time or energy to put even more effort into my Physiology class so that I could actually do well in the course.

Chipping Sparrow
John James Audubon
On Wednesday, I had class at 1 and we were going to have an in class quiz. It was 12, and I was in the Jessie Knight building trying to figure out what the material was that we had learned on Monday because I had been sick. I was crying on the phone to my mom, and she that she needed to go, but for me to call my friend in the class for help and then call her back. I hung up, and immediately started freaking out. I felt unable to ask this friend for help because I had been sick earlier in the week and so I had canceled a study session with her. This was irrational of course, but I was not in the most rational state of mind. I started praying that I would be able to find a way out of the situation, all the while crying. As soon as I finished the prayer, a guy came up to me and said: "Hi, you're in my physiology class. I saw that you were crying and just wanted to give you this Hershey's kiss." I was able to ask him for the help I needed with studying for the quiz, and then call my mom back. We decided together that I was going to quit my job, so that I had more time to focus on my schooling. Then, I texted my other friend, and she was studying outside our classroom and invited me to join them. Because of the help God gave me, I was able to get unstuck from my difficult situation.

God knew exactly what I needed, and sent such a small thing to help me. The help he gave was so small, but it was what I needed to move on and succeed. I made the candy wrapper from the Hershey's kiss into a paper crane and put it into the back of my phone case to remind myself of this truth: God, who notices the fall of every sparrow, is mindful of us.

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