I’m realizing more and more that God is a God of the small bits that surround me and not just a God of mountains.
He can be found in the hallway of my home as I sweep the floor and in the softness of the towel I’m folding. He’s found in the steam of the sink full of dishes and hot water I’m standing over. Me simply standing is a miracle by itself.
He teaches me to wait as I brush long little girl hair and I find kindness and goodness in their eyes.
He is a God of a word, a touch and a glance. He’s here in the pulling up of the quilt at night and in the waking up in the morning.
God is out there, colliding atoms and turning the wheels of the universe. He’s balancing Time on his shoulders and rubbing off the stars so they shine. But He’s also here. He moves my tiny heart to feel, my insignificant eyes to weep and my deafened ears to listen. He moves child feet to walk and skip in the grass in the yard and little fingers to work puzzles in the afternoon.
God is surely here in the small pieces. But He is not small.
My tiny world cannot contain Him.
But neither can the Milky Way.
He is in the intricacies of the spider tip-toeing across my kitchen floor and also in the wildness of an autumn sunset. He can be found in the sweet hurt heart of a little girl.
I don’t need to go outside my front door to find God.
I can find Him right here, because He’ll meet me at my kitchen sink.
Where have you met God recently?
So true!! He is everywhere and in everything – I get glimpses of Him in the oddest places sometimes…just braiding my daughters hair the other morning I parted her hair into 4 sections and that triggered off thoughts of the Cross…which led to a whole lot of rambling thoughts following each other about stuff what I believe and why Christ is so important to me.
Watching my 15month old become more mobile as she started walking a few months ago, now feeding herself more, seeing how she’s trying out new words and learning to interact with others in the family…so many lessons on the Christian walk that I’m getting from her right now…daily almost I get some nugget of something from watching her and my other kids.
And then the moments when I’m just doing housework…music going, singing along worshipping and then I feel His presence in a bigger intensity and before I know it I’m flat on my face in tears beside the vacuum cleaner
It’s AMAZING! I think my kids are now getting used to seeing mum having ‘moments’ and feeling overwhelmed by God’s presence…I see and feel Him in all things. Sometimes even reading stories to my children I’ll be struck by a God truth…even with ‘non-Christian’ stories…fairy tales, Dr Seuss…
Yep, God will meet us anywhere! I love that
“He moves my tiny heart to feel, my insignificant eyes to weep and my deafened ears to listen.” I am continually amazed at how God pursues me. Thanks for the reminder that God is present in the small things of life.
I’m thanking my Father for your words this morning (and other days.) Great reminder as I start my day with dishes that need to be cleaned, coupons that need to be clipped, walls that need to be painted, and babes that need to be loved.
Many blessings.
So true. And so good to be reminded… whatever I do for the least of these brothers of mine, I do for Him. Because He is in each of those moments, each interaction.
And so, I give nightly baths, change diapers, wipe tables, pick up toys, dry tears, repeat myself, cook dinner and wash dishes – for His glory and right alongside Him.
It’s really kinda stinkin’ awesome.
i was just telling my kids yesterday that some of my best worship is done at the kitchen sink. yes, standing over a pile of dishes, gazing out my window over the foothills, my heart sings, and my mind wonders at his worth ship.
“God is out there, colliding atoms and turning the wheels of the universe. He’s balancing Time on his shoulders and rubbing off the stars so they shine. But He’s also here. He moves my tiny heart to feel, my insignificant eyes to weep and my deafened ears to listen.”
and he rubs me off so i shine- and it hurts. and he moves my tiny heart to feel- sometimes more then it seems this tiny heart can handle. my insignificant eyes are grateful for the relief that comes with the tears, and my deafened ears turn from pride to humility as i listen.
beautiful post sarah.
love you friend.
Thanks for this. I was just talking to my kids about how we can find the positive in everything, no matter how big or small, which doesn’t mean that everything that happens is good, it just means that we can find good in everything, and therefore we can find God in everything. It’s so easy to remove God from the small things, and only look for Him at “sacred times” and in “big things.”
A couple of days ago, I was feeling pretty proud of myself for having a menu plan for the week and a dinner all ready to put in the crockpot before work. Except that I realized I was missing an ingredient, just as my kids missed the bus and I had to take them to school. Normally, I would have found plenty to complain about, but instead I found happiness because my boys decided to use the few minutes before getting in the car to rake the leaves, because I live close enough to a store to grab what I needed after dropping off the kids without being late for work, because a cashier at a closed station waved me over when she saw I only had one thing, because I have a family to cook for, and because we have food on our plates. There’s so much God to see when we look for Him.
Thank you for reminding me of this today. I am in serious need of an attitude adjustment this morning, and this helped remind me to posture my heart towards Him.
I love your writing and your heart.
Tessa
Hi Sarah, you are truly a gifted poetic writer. God has given you a great ministry!! Yes, it is amazing that when we open our hearts to God, we realize He is everywhere and always has been. I find God in what seems like the most mundane and unholy places. His presence makes it holy and sacred.
Blessings to you today!
Mine is in the most obvious place: my now 1 week old nephew. God is in every fiber of his small body, soft skin, teeny voice and that most wondeful baby smell.
NICE!! You really put it into perspective. I see him everyday through my two beautiful little boy’s eyes.
Thanks!!
This was beautiful, Sarah. And so very true. I met Him yesterday in a sunny thunderstorm, this morning in an apple orchard. The thing I marvel most about is not that He is everywhere, but that He has opened my eyes to see it.
i find god in the motion of my crochet hook and yarn running through my fingers…and stillnes and quiet of the morning…in the rain falling from the sky.
I find God in the gentle breath of my youngest son as he sleeps curled against my chest, his little fingers tangled in my hair.
I find God in the laughter of my boys as they play. In the beauty of the roses outside my window. In the full moon last night casting its buttery glow on the trees of coyote point.
Thank you so much–Sarah, amen-the words and the picture
I’ve met Him in the companionship of my lil dog, where otherwise I’d be physically alone.
So warmed my heart today. Because with 2 little spastic boys, when all I want to do is get to the grocery store for my short list, I don’t make it out my front door. And the kitchen sink is where I spend my day. Thank you Jesus.
Thanks for the words of encouragement today! I’m often left home alone with the kids while Daddy travels, and its so easy to lose sight of the things that really matter- and how God is involved in all of them.
I am doing Beth Moore’s Esther study right now and we were talking about how God worked through the ordinary day to day and an ordinary woman in that book, just to show that He could. He wanted us to see that He is always there and always working, even when there is no big flashy miracle to draw our attention.
Great post!
I really needed to hear this today…
Eyes of faith; He is so big, so good, so wonderful. A beautiful testimony to His heart…
Today? …. in the hope that my kids with thrive IN SPITE of me.
I saw God today in the smiles of the people working at Chick-fil-A. I saw God today in a girl at my doctor’s office who sang the alphabet song with my 3 year old. I saw God in my kids as they got off the school bus and ran to me to say “hi”.
I have learned to look for God, especially on the days I don’t feel He is close. Then a bright red cardinal appears on my feeder. My Grandson leans over and kisses me with out prompting!
The sun shines through the rain clouds and I know he has never left, He is here in everything we see and do.
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