Seeing God's Hand | Log

It's really too hard to write big posts about significant moments every day. Particularly because I work full time. However, I want to start looking for God's hand more on a day to day basis and because if I intend to write it down, I will be more intentional about looking for it. If I post them more regularly, they might not all make sense to you but by being intentional, I hope it keeps me looking...

7/13 - The plane ride & little boy, and then picture. See bottom of this post.

7/14 - The realization that I should be talking to my kids regularly about how I see God in my own life, in addition to study, devotion and prayer.

7/15 - My taxi driver here was a really sweet woman named Amanda. She entrusted me with some of her personal history in the car. It was incredibly humbling. We prayed together in the car and swapped information.  I felt like it was truly a divine intervention but I don't even think that I am aware of what all happened in our short time together. I felt God's presence when we were together.

7/16 - My text to Becky when she asked how the conference was going. [Doing well. Just taking it all in. I love how God knows exactly what we need and when we need it. I think the last month or so was really taking a toll on me (with the changes in my job, the new study, family illness and a recent loss...) Not only was I worn out but also getting sick. The first few days here I have really felt awful physically. And yet God has made a place where I don't have to clean, or tend to anything. It's all pretty much taken care of. He knew EXACTLY WHEN I would need it most. I am grateful for the break. Even if the class is a little hard. I believe he will pull that together for me too. I miss the kids and the family but he even worked that out for their sake. (Rachel and some cousins are in town.) they always drop me like a hot potato when she's in... I'm glad it's helped to cushion things. And I can see some other silver linings brewing. ... I hope the same for you...? How are things in your end? And thanks for checking. Love ya!!]

7/18 - When I wrote "Seeing God's Hand" there was a verse at the end that I wanted to go back and write but I couldn't remember it. So I asked and slowly but surely, I was reminded... John 11:40.

7/19 - Realizing that Maybe my FB post and Alcohol post were really my decisions. As in something that I wanted to do for God. Why don't we just give ourselves permission to change our minds? :)

“’I have the right to do anything,’ you say—but not everything is beneficial. ‘I have the right to do anything’—but I will not be mastered by anything.”—1 Corinthians 6:12 NIV

“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love…For I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.”—Galatians 5:13, 16

This post was from a week in July. By the time I've posted it, it's 8/7. I've made other notes since then about days but haven't written them all down. I think I might actually try to do a month of "logging" in August. Just to see what it might change for me. :)



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