Time with God

It's been a weekend of rush and sit still - worship workshops that took an entire day, then a day that was completely empty of everything. And in these two days I found God in places I wasn't expecting Him.

I found Him in conversation with a friend at the worship workshop, a friend who cares more than I deserve and who is willing to set aside a large portion of her valuable time to just be with me and talk.

I found God in my son, who, as he lay in bed last night, said "I think we should actually have gone to church tonight instead of bunking - I feel like there's something missing". Out of the mouths of babes...

I found God in an unexpectedly long prayer time as I lay in bed and prayed for my neighbours one by one - and then my blogger friends - and then my workplace and colleagues - and..... It was in shifting my focus off myself onto others that God came near.

I found God in the evening news, in a story of an old man who has been serving the needy around him since he was seven. As he put it, "You can't live your life immersed in your own problems. Life should be spent immersed in helping others." Yes and amen!

I found God in the first sunbeams this morning, in calm after a weekend of gale-force winds - peace in the storm.

And I come out of the weekend refreshed and refocused.