Do you ever have to stop and remind yourself to take a moment to be still? To take a moment all alone in the stillness of the quiet to just recognize who God has been for you today? To acknowledge how God has provided for you today?
Today, was one of those days for me. It has been a very full day. The last several days have been very full days for me for the last little while. Last week I started fall semester at school and I have class two nights a week. I also have another fun class I am taking one other night a week; piano and voice and yes, I am so enjoying them! I am also learning about creating this blog and how to share content in a way that is user friendly and search engine friendly so that Google will point folks to my page when they are looking for topics I am writing about. And, most importantly, I have a job that keeps a roof over my head and food in my doggos bowls that takes priority over all the previously mentioned list of goodies on my plate.
So, yes, sometimes I have to remind myself to stop. Stop and take a breath. Stop and be in the quiet, even for just a little while and know that HE is God!
We can go and go and go and forget to enjoy the things we are doing. We can forget the why behind the things we are doing. We can forget to be grateful. We can forget to look to see how God showed up for us today in tangible ways.
Sometimes for me, it is those very small things where I see God. Where I see that He showed up for me or where I remember, yes, Lord, you provided for me in this way and Lord, thank you, Lord. THANK YOU!!
He shows up for all of us in so many different ways, if we will just look for them! Don’t let them sneak by you.
I will share just a couple of ways God showed up for me today. And these are really small but these are the types of things where God really does sprinkle His blessings on us, if we will just realize they are Him.
Today, I had to put air in my tires. Yes, all four of them because the humidity finally decided to give us a break here in TN and it no longer felt like the inside of steam-room outside today.
So, today, I put air in my tires. And what some of you may not know is that eight years ago, I didn’t know how to put air in my tires. I didn’t know how to do a lot of things that are just normal everyday things, because Mark always took care of all of those types of things for me. After he passed, I not only lost my husband but I had no idea how to take care of so many of the basic things that I needed to know how to do for myself.
Today, as I was putting air in my tires, I realized I was at the exact same gas station, same air pump, where a dear sweet friend of mine loved me enough to show me how to put air in my tires almost eight years ago.
To a lot of people, putting air in your tires is just a chore that has to be done from time to time. But for someone that perceived not knowing how to do the simple task as so devastating because it was just another hurdle to overcome because I lost my person and this was just another thing I couldn’t do without him. To this person, to me, putting air in my tires these days is a big deal! LOL… it was a task learned and it was confidence built and it was a tiny little baby step conquered to help me know that God was taking care of me. He placed wonderful people in my life that loved me and cared for me enough to show me how to use the air pump … how to use a tool … to help me learn to take care of myself.
When. you look at it from that perspective… YES!! .. Air in the tires is HUGE!! And yes, I did send that friend a message to let her know how much I appreciated her being there for me and loving me.
The second way I saw God show up today, when I got to my voice/piano lesson this afternoon my teacher was sitting at her baby grand piano playing. This piano is something else!! It’s a 1936 piano that just exudes such rich and deep beautiful music. I really love to hear her play it and I hope that someday, I am able to have one of my own. Anyway, I was early for my appointment and she was just playing a song she had written and it was beautiful. Then she asks me which song we are working on tonight and she starts playing it for me. I got to sing with her playing on the baby grand all during my lesson instead of us using the regular piano or the track I’d been practicing with. Oh my goodness!! It was an awesome time singing with that baby grand even though I am still learning and y’all are probably glad I am writing about it instead of playing you a video of it. LOL. It really made my heart smile though, that is for sure!
Again, that is such a small example of how I saw God show up in my life today. But He sure did and won’t nobody make me think any different. Just a little extra God wink of Him saying, I see you doing your best for ME. I see you my daughter.
That is what is so special about taking the time to be still with the Lord and seeking out the ways He is showing up in your life…. It just lets you feel His love for you. It lets you know that He sees you. It lets you know that with all the other people in this world, You are still important to Him. All of us is You in these sentences. Each and everyone one of us.
We all have different things on our plates that we are taking a bite out of one at a time. Some of them taste really good to us and some of them do not!
I would encourage you to take some time out for just you and God.
Put the kiddos to bed and the doggos in another room and just get still with the Lord and talk to Him.
Ask Him to remind you of the ways He showed up for you if you are having a hard time seeing them.
Be quiet with Him and listen with your heart. He can give you perspective in a way that just makes your heart smile when you take a moment to get with Him and soak up the time with Him.
I think you may be surprised at how encouraging it is to your heart, your mind, and your overall disposition when you realize how present God is in your life.
When you take the time to see it and to thank Him for it… it’s kinda magical. And I don’t mean that in a weird new age type of way.. I just mean it makes you feel how special you are to THE ONE that is THE Almighty and All Powerful God!
Be Still and Know that I am God … Psalm 46:10
Much Love ♥️
Michelle