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From Cossondra: Details, DetailsYou've probably heard the saying, "the devil is in the details." I wondered where something like that came from, so I Googled. It means that overlooking details can cause problems. So, the devil causes problems, and our negligence can cause problems. All of that is true. Taking care of details is essential in working through projects or situations. More interestingly, though, I discovered that the term has changed over hundreds of years. The original saying was "God is in the details." Isn't that interesting? Someone took a comforting statement about God and turned it around, giving it to the enemy and changing it from a lovely message to a warning statement. The devil is a counterfeiter. Always remember that. But, God indeed is in the details. Look at this familiar passage: And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Matthew 6:28
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