In the Everyday

It's the little moments that make up our days.  Taken as wholes, the hours in a day blend together, passing by in a blur of activity and mindlessness.  But sometimes, just sometimes, little pieces of the day stand out in our consciousness and make us smile.  Sunday I had two such moments that I believe were orchestrated by the Lord to remind and encourage me to stay mindful of His ever present care.

I had to make a deposit to my bank at the ATM.  No big thing, I've probably done it hundreds, if not thousands of times.  But of course, I was in a rush (sometimes I feel like that is my permanent state of being!), but not really stressing or anything like that.  So I go into the vestibule where the ATM is, start writing out my envelope.  I am placing a check and the deposit slip in the envelope, just about to seal it up, when I heard a small voice in my head:  "Sign the check."  I had forgotten to sign the check!  I was two seconds away from creating another errand for myself during the week.  I could just hear the bank calling Monday morning after they opened my deposit envelope, "You need to come down to the branch, you forget to sign your check."    Ugh, another mark on the to do list! Thank You Lord for reminding me!!

Okay, so I take the check out of the envelope, sign it, seal things up and proceed to put the deposit into my account via the ATM.  Done.  Time to do my second errand of that day before I meet a friend back at my house so she can pick up cat food from me (we all feed feral cat colonies and I am designated to by the food when we run low.  I had twenty bags and twenty cases of cat food dragging around in my truck all week!   LOL).  I turn from the machine and start walking out the door, again hearing a voice in my head:  "You forgot your card."  Oh my!  I had left my card in the ATM. That could have been disastrous.  At best I would have had to run down to the bank when they found it Monday morning and redo my card, at worst someone may have gotten into my accounts.  I really don't know where my head was Sunday afternoon, but it certainly wasn't on the tasks in front of me. Thankfully, my heavenly Father was watching!

Now, these things don't always happen. Many times I've forgotten something or been so distracted I completely lose track of what I am doing or supposed to be doing, but I think because I've been working on being more aware of God's presence in my moments that it is easier to hear His voice through the haze of busyness that usually clouds my day.  What a wonderful benefit of practicing His presence!  I love it.

Lord, thank You.  Thank You for taking care of me Sunday (and everyday).  I am so happy!  You are a good Father.  Lord, let me, and all of us become more and more aware of Your touch to our days. Let us see the flow of Your love surrounding us and caring us through each minute.  Sometimes we get so lost from that knowledge.  Thank Your always for the reminders of Your tender care.

Practice God's presence today!