god sightings

In our Wednesday night book study, we are joining our Methodist friends on Zoom to study the book “Get Their Name.” This book was written to help us learn to share our faith in a natural, effective way.

Last week, we focused on chapters 1 & 2, and part of the discussion revolved around the question, “How have you experienced God in the past week?”

If I asked you that question what would your answer be? If you are like me, a question like that causes immediate brain freeze. You know God has been there, you know you have been blessed, but for the life of you, you can’t think of examples.

It’s only when we think about it for a while that the answers become clear. So, it is helpful to our evangelistic efforts to practice answering that question. In our congregational life we can practice whenever we meet: When we meet for worship, or Bible study, or choir practice, or Thursday night dinner, or fellowship meals on the first Sunday of the month.

Being able to identify God’s presence and share it with others takes practice. So, let’s practice that for a moment. How have you experienced God lately? Perhaps you have seen the face of God in a preschooler’s smile. Or in the way the preschool staff rallies and works twice as hard as usual because five of their colleagues are out sick, (and their heroism drips off them like a boss.) Or when you get an unexpected email from a church member who wants to volunteer to be on the constitution study committee. When you step outside after a polar vortex and temperature is rising, and the day will be the warmest in weeks. When you share a Bible story with preschoolers and one of them impulsively jumps up and gives you a big hug. (And you think to yourself, “How did she know I needed that?”)

Yup, He’s there alright. We just need to look for Him.