Here are my best places where I realized that put me in position to see God more.
1. In the car - Recently got a new Honda Fit to replace my precious 95 Saturn SL. Good mileage was important, yes to save money, but I guess it also is beneficial because I think best in the car and so if I drive alot, I better get good gas mileage too. The car really allows me to think better and it doesn't matter whether I was in the old clunky car or my new ride... it's just a place of solitude away from the world yet where I can still see what's going on around me. I realized this the other week when I just couldn't pray. Was driving to the gym, which is literally only a few miles away and in those few minutes, I realized God may be around me after all...and out of my stupor I went.
2. On the treadmill or on the pavement - I can honestly pray forever and for everything when I'm on a run. And God works in me and can just change my bad attitudes. I think Kevin's realized this because I'll often ask him "Do you think I should go to the gym?" He thinks about it and then tells me "Yeah you should go. You like going to the gym." Probably because whether angry, raged, confused, or unmotivated, I have a good amount of uninterrupted time and somehow I always get a glimpse of God, his love, or maybe the joy of endorphins. It's one of the best times where I feel like I can easily and actually talk with God. What's odd is that while most people dread the tread (aka dreadmill), it does me much good. Maybe it's the even cadence that gets me in a place where God can talk to me, or maybe just the fact that I don't have a running buddy to talk to.
3. In a new place - There's something about new places that really gives me a fresh perspective. There's many places I'm familiar with but when I go to a new environment, a new state, a dangerous new place, and venture or explore even in my own neighborhood or into a new situation, I am challenged and also introduced to something I've never experienced before. One thing about going to church all the time is it becomes an old place and sometimes we just live there and then stay there. It can get boring and eventually you see God least in church because it's so familiar. You're not stretched, scared, or in need of God and thus, I'm beginning to see how important it is for me to take the opportunities God gives me to go somewhere new, try something new, do something risky, and just find Him more.
1. In the car - Recently got a new Honda Fit to replace my precious 95 Saturn SL. Good mileage was important, yes to save money, but I guess it also is beneficial because I think best in the car and so if I drive alot, I better get good gas mileage too. The car really allows me to think better and it doesn't matter whether I was in the old clunky car or my new ride... it's just a place of solitude away from the world yet where I can still see what's going on around me. I realized this the other week when I just couldn't pray. Was driving to the gym, which is literally only a few miles away and in those few minutes, I realized God may be around me after all...and out of my stupor I went.
2. On the treadmill or on the pavement - I can honestly pray forever and for everything when I'm on a run. And God works in me and can just change my bad attitudes. I think Kevin's realized this because I'll often ask him "Do you think I should go to the gym?" He thinks about it and then tells me "Yeah you should go. You like going to the gym." Probably because whether angry, raged, confused, or unmotivated, I have a good amount of uninterrupted time and somehow I always get a glimpse of God, his love, or maybe the joy of endorphins. It's one of the best times where I feel like I can easily and actually talk with God. What's odd is that while most people dread the tread (aka dreadmill), it does me much good. Maybe it's the even cadence that gets me in a place where God can talk to me, or maybe just the fact that I don't have a running buddy to talk to.
3. In a new place - There's something about new places that really gives me a fresh perspective. There's many places I'm familiar with but when I go to a new environment, a new state, a dangerous new place, and venture or explore even in my own neighborhood or into a new situation, I am challenged and also introduced to something I've never experienced before. One thing about going to church all the time is it becomes an old place and sometimes we just live there and then stay there. It can get boring and eventually you see God least in church because it's so familiar. You're not stretched, scared, or in need of God and thus, I'm beginning to see how important it is for me to take the opportunities God gives me to go somewhere new, try something new, do something risky, and just find Him more.
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