Day 16 of 100 Testimonies Update!
Ordinary Days are Harder
It’s day 16 of my 100 days of testimonies in 100 words or less challenge.
It’s been more challenging than I anticipated.
I have found that most of the challenge isn’t in the bad days, where I’m sick or on the floor crying out to God for His help. In fact, those days are the ones I see Him moving the most. The days I feel His comfort and presence. Of course, scripture does tell us:
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”
-Matthew 5:4, NIV
The challenge arises most on ordinary days. The ones where I’m completing the same tasks again and again. Meal plan, cook, clean, read, ensure we all get to where we need to go...
How do I find something new to write when so many days blend the same?
I’m looking closer at those days. I'm not deciphering every habit, like folding my towels the same way every time. The towels don't reveal much. But how I handle two kids fighting over a cardboard tube? That one's worth looking at.
Not obsessively. In a way that’s showing how God is working and changing me when it comes to solving those problems. The prompts for listening to both sides of a story. Not speaking yet, only listening.
Sometimes in those ordinary days where everything seems quiet and like nothing is happening… He’s working on me.
And sometimes I just have to wait to hear the good news from a friend about how their prayer was answered!
God is always working. He is always nearby. Even in the mundane, we can find His works.
Sometimes it feels like when you live in a high-traffic area, and you’re used to all the noise. Just because you’re used to it and don’t notice it anymore doesn’t mean the traffic isn’t still there. It doesn’t mean someone visiting from a smaller town doesn’t notice it.
Let’s not get used to God working, like we get used to all of the noise, and tune Him out.
Tune your spirit to Him — and watch how much goodness you'll find working around and through you!