Years and years ago, I started a journal where I tried to write down the ways that I saw God’s hand in my life. I started out strong, writing mostly every day….and then I got pregnant, or had a newborn, or was super sleep deprived….and it was not consistent. About 3 years ago though, I was finally done being pregnant and having a newborn, and I began to write consistently in this journal again. I wrote about feeling prompted to call or text people, times when I felt prompted to apologize, times when I felt God guiding me to do certain things in my life, times I felt prayers were answered when I had been praying to know what to do with my children, times when I just felt love and peace, times when I felt guided to be present instead of distracted or too busy….. Sometimes I had big experiences and I would fill a page, but most of the time I only wrote a line of two about something small and simple.
It is a simple practice, and yet it has had a big impact on my life. As I’ve taken time to reflect and look for the times when God was involved in my life, it has opened my eyes to how often He is there. He is there in simple and quiet ways, and I know I would frequently miss it if I wasn’t actively trying to see it.
There are so many ways this applies to other areas of my life. What am I looking to find in my relationship with my husband? Am I looking for all the ways he expresses his love for me, or am I looking for the ways that he doesn’t? What about with my kids? Am I looking for all the mistakes they are making so I can correct them, or am I looking for all the things they do right so I can pat them on the back?
We will find whatever we are looking for.
Work In Progress 