A thought that has been reinforced for me during the Week of Guided Prayer is, “God comes to us disguised as our life.” I first heard this quote from David Benner. He was one of the speakers at Epiphany Explorations a conference I attended in January. (I blogged about the event at the time.) In his presentation Benner reminded us that God is not separate from what we do and who we are with but is right here in the mix of everyday. God is found in the interactions with neighbours, co-workers and kids. God is found in the doing of laundry and making of dinner. God is found in the sing song of birds and the hum of traffic.  

 

This very thought has come up in two conversations I have had today. In neither case did I introduce the idea. As I visited with one woman she recounted an unusual choice that she made that in the end served to good purpose. She said, “I just feel that God was looking after me in that.” As I talked with another she said, “I can’t help but look back and think that the way things have turned out is so providential.”

 

My grandmother would often say, at those unexplainable moments, “There is a hand that guides.” It is a simple and anthropomorphic way of looking at faith but, sometimes it feels quite right.

 

Have you had experiences when you felt that God was there in your everyday? Care to tell me about them?