I saw God!

A few days ago, my house was totally quiet. That may not sound like that big a deal, but right now for us that’s pretty amazing. Just three months ago, my husband and I were very much enjoying “empty-nester-hood”. Both of our young adult children had moved out; 0ur son was in Colorado going to college and our daughter was working here locally. Mark, my husband, and I were having some great times of relaxation together, spending extra time talking, traveling, spending more time in ministry and just loving all that having an empty nest allows. Our household consisted of just me, my husband and our dog, Radar.

That was just three short months ago. Now, our household is full up! It’s me, my husband, our dog, our daughter, our son, two additional young women who needed a place to live and a cat. Isn’t God funny?! It’s been an interesting transition for all of us, but God is in our midst and we all have to just laugh. We even had to figure out who would take which day to do their laundry!

So, now you can imagine why I was marveling at a quiet afternoon. But where I really saw God was in that five of us were home; and as I walked through the hushed house I realized that all of us were in prayer! All five of us had Bibles open in asundry positions – lying on the couch, at the computer, cozy in the beanbag chair.

I was so moved by God’s presence throughout our house and how He draws us all to our knees. It was like each and every room in our house had been transformed into God’s throne room. “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know,” He says in Jeremiah 33:3

You can meet with God anywhere and everywhere. Do you see God in the quiet moments you spend in His “throne room?” I pray that you will.

Watching for God,
janet

I saw God!

My husband, Mark, is a WyldLife leader. WyldLife is a youth ministry for junior high kids focused on outreach. The WyldLife club has just recently gotten started at our junior high, so I was invited to come and take pictures. I’m all about reaching out and sharing the good news of Jesus with just about anyone, but junior highers….well, they scare me! (-:

There were over 20 kids at WyldLife that night, but one girl caught my attention. She’s one of my husband’s students and he had told me about her previously. This is an 8th grader who never smiles. Has never smiled in class, in the cafeteria, even with her friends. When Mark invited her to WyldLife her response was a sullen, “Will I have to socialize?” Not a super enthusiastic response to the invitation!

But, she came. And I saw God. By the end of the evening, this young girl not only smiled, she laughed out loud! She had fun. She made contact with a few other kids. And I believe she also was touched by the love of God that night. It still blows me away how our God works and how we get to see Him at work, if we’ll just watch.

Are you aware of God at work around you? I challenge you to watch. It’s amazing!!

Watching for God,
janet

I saw God this weekend!

I was at a women’s retreat and had gotten up early for prayer time. As I left my room I heard rustling in the brush, so I crept along to see what was there. At first I couldn’t see anything – it was barely light and it just looked like a bunch of rocks in the desert.

Suddenly there was movement! A whole family of javelina was rooting around for breakfast! As I watched the group of javelina, I saw God.

The mommy javelina were so protective of their babies. They weren’t about to let me get between them and their young ones. They all got together and herded around the babies to keep them safe. Made me think about how God cares for us. He’s not about to let anything get between us and His love. “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39

I was also touched by the thought that although javelina aren’t especially beautiful animals… they’re actually so ugly they’re cute, and they smell pretty bad too…but God reminded me that each one is precious to Him, is His creation and even when I’m less than beautiful and “smelly” He loves me just the same.

And guess what? He feels the same about you!!

Watching for God,
janet