All The Small Things

I know naming the title of this blog after a cliche song by Blink 182 is not really ideal for the purpose of this post....but just bare with me.

I have just completed my first week of actual family camp up at the Herm. I had 3rd/4th graders for the week and all I can say was that these group of kids were super squirrelly. I was glad to have 4 campers that I had last year run up to me at registration and give me a huge group hug. Definitely brightened up my day.

One of the most challenging things for me this week was recouping after a hard day at work. My energy was zapped after each session. However, praying to God for strength gets me through it. Mind over matter too! I was definitely feeling good after doing my dining duty though. I know....crazy right? I feel that I do need to do dining duty to keep my head level. There's nothing that I fear more than pride and busing tables after Day Camp helps me in humility.

After dining, I was so overwhelmed with God's goodness that I just laid in my bed at peace. I then received a text from a friend back at home where she told me some wonderful news that just overwhelmed me with God's goodness again. It was news that sent my spirit soaring because I had been praying for this certain thing for a while and to hear this good news made me cry. In that moment, one of my friends from Day Camp came in my room and thought I was crying because I was upset, but it was the total opposite! In that moment, she also became encouraged because she is in a tough season of her life right now. To share with her in that moment was seriously a God thing. The fact that she walked in my room at that very second was no coincidence. God did a snowball effect of Epic-ness.

I am trying to look for God in all the small things. The small moments where I see God work. The small moments of bliss. The moments where my mind captures a picture of something beautiful like looking up at a mighty Redwood tree or seeing the joys and faith of a child.

In all the small things, I find the moments where God meets me, calls me His beloved and shows me grace and mercy despite all the selfish things I have done this past year.

How great is my Lord. And I am so in Love with Him.