About two weeks ago, the kids and I went to the library to return our books and check out new ones. Whenever we go to the library, I always double check my receipt with my books to make sure I have all the ones that I need to return. When I got to the library, I placed all my return items on the desk and left them with the lady. The kids and I then went a looked at books and picked out some new ones to take home. When we started checking out, the librarian asked me if I wanted to renew my one book that was still checked out. I looked at her with a question in my eyes and asked what she was talking about. She then proceeded to tell me that one of the books on tape we had borrowed was still checked out. I told her that I had returned everything, and I was pretty sure because I had double checked and had all the books when I left home. Unfortunately, since it was a book on tape, another librarian had picked them all up and hung them back on the racks, which contain probably around 50 or 60 other books. I went and did a quick scan of the books on the rack without any luck. The librarian told me to check at home and if I still didn't find it, to call them and they would do a thorough check for me.
We went home and the book was nowhere to be found. I called them and they went through every single book on tape and still couldn't find it. This was really bothering me because I know I had returned it. I am a very organized person and it is extremely rare for me to lose things, especially things that aren't mine. I know I had the book with me when we left home. I prayed about it several times over the next two weeks, hoping that it would somehow appear.
The kids and I went back to the library today. I returned everything and, having learned my lesson, I stayed to make sure everything was checked in. That one book on tape was still missing. My heart sunk, because I think I was expecting it to just magically disappear from my account. We were browsing through the books when Josh came up to me and said, "Here mom, let's take this one." I glanced down to see that he had the exact book on tape that had been missing! I stared in shock as I looked at him. I couldn't believe that out of all the books hanging on the rack, he had picked up that one book. I quickly took it up to the librarian, and she profusely apologized for the mistake. It's a small library, and so she remembered having to go through all the books a few weeks ago looking for this one. I was just so excited that it had turned up. God had used my little Josh to answer my prayers. How awesome is that!!
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