It's in the ordinary

Especially this time of year life can get so busy, so many things are happening… parties to go to, presents to buy, events to attend. It's just crazy! I think a lot of life can be like this if we are not careful, I think we can just switch on the cruise control and coast though our life… which, sometimes is all one can do but there is more to it than that. Over the past year I have been challenged and have challenged myself to see the God in the little things, the mundane things, the things that you would normally just cruise through. Yes, sometimes God shows up in big ways totally taking me by surprise but a lot of times he meets me right in the little moments. He meets me through prompting a friend to send an encouraging text, he meets me through one of my students doing something so funny and kind that it reminds me why I am still teaching right now. He meets in the little encouraging whispers that remind me how far I have come.

 Sometimes, okay a lot of times, I want God to just come in and do a miracle, change it all, fix it all… change it to the way I think my life should look but that's not how he works. He works in the small moments, the mundane moments, the deep conversations with friends, the really tough and challenging conversations, the really difficult situations.  I am learning, begrudging at times, that these little moments are the moments that really give me life if I choose to view them that way. That by looking for God in the small and mundane moments means I find God in almost every moment. In the way my niece yells “Rae Rae” and runs to jump into my arms every time I see her, the way that God reminds me through others that he knows and sees the desire of my heart, the way that he shows me grace by continuously reminding me that I am loved and treasured just as I am. If you take the time to look around, God is working, he is moving even in the mundane, even in the impossible situations. Look for him today, ask him to show up because he is moving and working behind the scenes even when it feels like he must have forgotten about us.