I’m sitting right now overlooking the Rocky Mountains in a cabin perched on a hill—secluded and peaceful. It’s June, but there is still snow on the tippy tops of the range.
All my four children are running around the cabin. Giggling like glitter scattered across the room, leaving little sparkles on everything it touches.
A gentle rain is descending from the heavens, depositing a darker hue of color on each facet of the scenery. The trees look greener. The mountains look a deep royal blue. Rain, despite the gloominess that comes with it, is beautiful and is ever needed for growth. The sun is beautiful too, but as much as I love it, when the rain comes something shifts in my soul. It’s as if the rain gives me permission to pause and breathe again.
I’ve been learning to enjoy the everydayness of life. It’s something God has been working in me after I experienced a longer-than-wanted season where my life was marked with stress and worry.
Then a divine shift happened in my spirit and I realized that EVERY DAY is filled with precious gifts from God and if I don’t choose to live in the present I may miss the simple things God wants to deposit into my life.
Don’t get me wrong, the big promises are wonderful, but I’m learning to enjoy the handfuls
on purpose that God gives me daily just as much. I’m learning to enjoy it all. Little blessings that I used to miss. My eyes being opened, my heart listening to the beautiful words of promise woven around me.
Whispers from heaven echoing throughout my day to day, found in the rhythms of rest as well as big moments. The everydayness of life.
Sunday morning set up for a portable church.
Nighttime novel reading.
A cup of coffee with a lifelong friend.
Group song writing.
Friday book writing.
Loose leaf hot tea in my favorite mug.
Opening my heart to people who barely know my name.
Spending time with those who know every detail of my soul.
My children rain-dancing through the sprinklers.
Uncontrollable laughter at the dinner table.
Revealing secret places of my heart to God.
Living open. Honest. Vulnerable to the right people.
Friends who have become family.
Bike rides around the neighborhood.
Becoming a dream-pusher.
Becoming a treasure hunter: discovering treasures hidden in others.
A competitive game of corn-hole.
Bedroom love notes on my nightstand from beautiful munchkins.
Snuggling on the sofa with my husband.
Eating Takis on the drive home from the school carpool line.
Morning runs with the two pups.
Comfy slippers.
My favorite sweatshirt.
Classical music.
Time with Jesus.
Playing sweet melodies on the piano.
My bright yellow backpack.
Leather keychain rings that remind me of God’s promise.
The list could go on forever.
It’s as if my mind has been blown, my eyes open to see the precious treasures that lay all around me. Everything I thought I knew is no longer relevant because there’s a God who is infinitely greater than what I can imagine on my own.
I know that God has surrounded you with the same. Precious handfuls of promise deposited in the simple blessings of life. Make it a consistent prayer: God help me to be present in my day to day and acknowledge the beautiful blessings You have placed in my life along the journey. Give me eyes to see.
"God has gifted you with precious handfuls of promise deposited in the simple blessings of your everyday life."
Photo Credit: Jan Kopřiva
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