Priorities

The last post mentioned priorities at the end. This is just another short little comparison I think of once in awhile.
My daughter uses a Nuk (actually a Soothie, but we call it a Nuk kinda like we use Puffs but call them Kleenex, just how it is). Anyways, when this nuk is missing, her world stops spinning. (OK, maybe not that bad, but it is a dramatic episode until it is found and put in her mouth so she can nap or whatever). Or my son loves markers. I sometimes have to take the markers away from him for one reason or another. When I do this, his world ends. His very existence is threatened by the one person he trusts the most. (Again, slightly melodramatic way of stating it, but you get the point).
Sometimes as I am praying, I realize what I am saying and wonder if God is sitting somewhere laughing at me the same way I laugh at my son a little when life as he knows it ends as I take away the blue marker. Or the same way I chuckle to myself and wonder why that stupid little piece of oddly shaped plastic means SO much to my daughter.
Is having a second car really that important in the grand scheme of things? Is having a set schedule so I can socialize or have time alone that important to the wellbeing of God's kingdom? I am not saying that we should not ask for these things. I am just saying it helps sometimes to check my priorities and refocus my prayer life. I will also add that I am so comforted by the fact that the Holy Spirit intercedes on our behalf. So on days when I am throwing a temper tantrum for the marker, or when I can't communicate what exactly it is that is bothering/stressing me, He knows and asks for me. Also, it is comforting to know that Jesus walked in our shoes. He knows that while the marker is not a large factor in the well being of God's kingdom, that little things can be comforting to his children. And, I still think God chuckles a little, but He hears our prayers and loves us as his own dear children.