God uses everyday occurrences to speak to me all the time. I think He loves to work this way. It reminds us that He is very much...Immanuel..."God with us" right here and now in the midst of our messy and marvelous lives.
I have been enjoying being sneaky for Christmas.
My kids are getting gifts that they would never even think to ask for Christmas. The gifts aren't super fancy or expensive. They just don't think about them. Maybe they just don't think they would get them. We don't do tons of toys at our house all year long. Birthdays and Christmas are about the only time of year that they get new things.
They will see a commercial come on for some new toy and say, "Mom, I think I want that for Christmas."
I respond with a typical non-committal mom reply, "Oh really."
I know good and well that they may think that they want want they see...but it would only last them a day or two and then they would be over it.
The deal is I really know my kids. I know what interests them. I know what will have some longevity...even if they don't.
Right now there are gifts already purchased (and hidden) that they do not know exist for them.
Yet...they are intended for them. Specifically chosen with each child in mind....and it is just a matter of time before they possess them.
I love that. I love knowing. I even love the waiting.
It makes the giving so much more fun!
Well I think God works the same way with His children. Those of us who have cried out for a Savior and repented of our sins get unexpected gifts from our God who knows us intently. Inside and out. He knows what is best and lasting for our growth and fulfillment.
He even knows to over look some of the foolish things we ask for that we don't really want even though we don't know it just yet.
He knows it already. He knows it all... the end from the beginning and the beginning from the end.
Lately some of His unexpected gifts in my life been things I wouldn't have even known to ask for myself.
But they have been gifts that I have enjoyed so much!
Not monetary or material in any way....believe me, I ask for those already. Guilty there :)
These gifts have been encounters, people, friendships and opportunities.
Even the thought of some of them bring quick tears to my eyes because they are precious and mind-blowing.
And I never even asked.....He just did.....because He can...and He delights in us.
How awesome of Him to know me better than I know myself and to want to give me things to watch my face light up....just like I do my own children.
"So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask
him." Matthew 7:11
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