Finding the "God" in everything

I have always heard "try to find the good in everything." This morning during my quiet time I thought a little differently about that idea. In "Jesus Calling" by Sarah Young she wrote "Attentiveness is directing your gaze to Me, searching for Me in all your moments." I LOVE that last part: "searching for Me in all your moments." It hit me, I should be searching for God in everything, not necessarily the "good." There are some situations that just aren't good - like going through the divorce of my parents. My parents divorcing during the end of my senior year was a very hard time for me and my family. There really wasn't any good going on at the time, but God was there. He never left. He held my hand the whole time. He taught me a lot about myself, who I wanted to be and helped me define my own personal faith. Sure, hindsight's 20/20 and you could say all that I learned was "good." But, while you're going through a testimony highlight like that, you can't see that as "good". 

On a more day to day scale, there are days when my patience wears very thin. Either the dog pees all over the bathroom, Peyton throws avocado all over the wall, herself and my hair or she throws an absolute tantrum at my feet. In those moments my prayer is I will take a deep breath and know that God is holding me. He is with me. He is giving me the patience I need, I just need to accept it. He is giving me the gentleness I need, I just need to accept it. He is giving me the kindness, self control and goodness I need, I just need to accept it. 

Finding Him in all my moments gives me the opportunity to stop, reflect and be thankful He is with me.

I will leave you with a few pics from mommy/daughter fun with my favorite. We went to Panera Bread, a little shopping and had some play time at La Centerra in Katy.

Standing in the high chair. Oh also please note we are sitting at the table you come to IMMEDIATELY when you walk in the door. Not my first choice on our first lunch outing by ourselves. But Panera Bread at lunchtime is cray cray. So you take the first available table and "get used" to all eyes on you as your daughter squeezes the yogurt tube and it goes in your hair. :)

The milk drink box was also a learning experience. P eventually realized that it was a cross between her straw sippy and a food pouch. So naturally, she squeezed it. Milk went everywhere. The best part was for some reason I thought she had all of a sudden become much older and wiser in 30 minutes so I gave it back to her in Crazy 8. Same outcome.

But then there was the sweetness of play time. There really isn't anything cuter than a babe in a bubble romper and a sun hat. She just melts my heart. 

To the right of this picture there is a little girl holding Peyton's ball. They had so much fun! I love going to the play area and meeting new little munchkins for P to play with. She really plays well with others!

Not much planned for this weekend. If tomorrow has nice weather, we might end up right back at this spot to play with daddy! Then at 3 pm… momma has a nice little massage scheduled while P and daddy take their naps! ;)

Have a great weekend. Find God in all your moments. Thanks for reading. xoxo Lauren