I saw God today

This morning I woke up at 6:00 on the dot, I have an alarm set on my watch for 6:30 but I didn’t need it today. I opened my eyes and it was still really dark outside, the generator was still on so the only lights I could see out of my barrack window was hues of yellow, my favorite. Something told me to get up and go outside so I didn’t hesitate, I slipped on my chacos put on a shirt and left the comfort of my mosquito net. 

I walked down the little path past the tents and came to a clearing in the field and sat down on a rock that was sticking up out of the ground. I plugged in my headphones and one of my favorite songs by Ben Rector came on and just as I started humming along the sky turned a jaw dropping purple and orange color, sharp cuts of pink and blue followed on the horizon and I couldn’t help but to cry out in prayer to Papa. I talked with Him for a while, what I wanted that day, what I wanted Him to show me and teach me and this is the answer I got..”My daughter, just look around, you won’t be able to miss me.”

I saw God today, a lot, and here is where He was..

I saw God in a sweat browed boy as he pumped his peddles on the bike he was riding up a hill. I saw God in the face of a father cradling his toddler son on his chest as he walked on the dirt road. I saw God in an elderly woman crammed in between many people on the back of a truck waiting for the driver to bring her to her destination. 

I saw God in my teammates as they laughed and worshipped with the refugee women of Northern Uganda. I saw God in the security guard who only has use of one of his legs but still serves as if he has two. I saw God in the starving eyes of a child who just started her mile on mile walk to school while she clutched her bag with a stack of books on her head. I saw God in the jumping legs of a baby goat running after it’s mother on the side of the road.

I have learned in a single day how many times you can see God’s face, how different it looks every time but it still remains the same Heavenly Father. When you stop and sit in the stillness you can’t pass Him by without noticing. God reminded me that if I just slow down and look around I can hear Him, I can feel Him and I can see Him.

The laughter of the children as they scream at our Jeep as we race through the roads, the scent of the rain as it kisses the pavement. The touch of a stranger as they grip your hand in welcoming, the taste of sweet cold water after a long day in the sun. It’s all the little things, not one big thing. It’s all creation, it’s all Kingdom, it’s all…Him. 

I saw God today. I saw God in so many people when I decided to look around. I saw God in the most random places in the most perfect of strangers..But I also saw little glimpse of God in my own self today. Everyday I want to ask of Him so He’ll answer, so He’ll teach and so He’ll show me how present He is in my every day, in my every moment. I want to feel Him. 

In a book I am reading it mentions how we are God’s bride. That is the most beautiful depiction of His love for us. How He waits for us, how He loves us, how He treasures us. It’s so rad when you think about it. I can’t wait to be a bride some day, walk down the aisle to the instrumental of A Thousand Years by Christina Perri. How I can’t wait to see my husbands face as I emerge in my dream gown. But after reading this wonderful book and reading about how I’m His bride first, I think I can wait a little longer, being God’s bride is so so so enough for me. 

Always remember to slow down and look so you don’t miss Him. 

 

xo, 

Kenz