Will's Socks

Alright, I admit it.  I am obsessive/compulsive.  I have to keep everything straight and lined up.  For example: I have a dozen black socks that I wear all the time.  But to keep from wearing out one pair, I rotate my socks (like rotating the tires on your car).  I have a sock drawer and when I wash a pair of socks, they go into the drawer on the left side.  And when I get a pair of socks out to wear, I get them from the right side of the drawer, so that all of my socks get used equally.  It takes me no more time to use my “system” than it takes you to throw your socks into a drawer.  Or at least that’s what I tell myself.  So, my grandson, Will, left a pair of his socks at my house when he was here at Christmas.  I washed them and put them in my sock drawer for safe keeping until he returns, and I can give his socks back to him.  So, I had a great idea a week ago.  I asked the dear Lord to remind me to pray for Will each time that I see his socks in my sock drawer, which is once or twice a day.  And now I am in the habit of praying for my grandson when I open my sock drawer and see his socks.  Which, by the way, are in my sock rotation too.  Except I don’t wear his socks, I just return them to the left side of the drawer, back into the rotation.  Paul was speaking of Philemon in Philemon verse 4, but I have appropriated this verse to apply to Will: “I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers.”  I thank God for Will (and for all of my grandchildren) and pray for him when I see his socks.  Daily.  Hey, try it.  Think of a memory trigger that you can use to increase your prayer life.  It will help someone … and it will help you as well.