The first thing I saw when I walked out the door for my morning walk was a bright moon with an almost golden aura around it. It was beautiful. A little farther along, the sun started to rise. And oh, what a sunrise. Big, bold strokes of color - bright orange and yellow, deep pink and purple, vibrant blue... it was awesome!! I looked back over at the moon. The aura was still there, and there were also subtle, pastel purple stripes around it - broad and soft at the edges. Such a difference between the two. It made me think about how I've found God in my life lately.
Morgan had a major turning point in his career this week. He's been working very hard for it, but the timing was a big surprise. Definitely a huge blessing and an obvious God moment - big and bold like the sunrise this morning. But I kept thinking about the moon. And I thought through the past few days and realized another small place I had found God. I was in the doctor's office - the last place I wanted to be in this hectic week - and a few of the nurses were wearing Santa hats. I was stressed and rushed, and those Santa hats made me stop and smile. I'm smiling now as I think about it. I realized the thing I miss most about writing this blog was how it made me stop and find those small moments - the "moon" moments. Don't get me wrong, I love the big stuff. The grand sunrises that take your breath away, the sudden unexpected miracles in our lives that just can't be missed or mistaken for anything other than God's grace. But I need to go back to that daily exercise of finding God in the routine. In the everyday humdrum life that really makes up the bulk of most of our lives. Whether I write about it or not, I'm going to strive to look for it daily again. So where did I find God today? In the subtle beauty of the golden aura around the moon, or that gorgeous, amazing sunrise? Tough choice, but I think for today, I'm going for the moon.
