Trust
in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
— Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
We
live with full schedules, full minds, and full hearts—sometimes so full that
there’s little room left to notice what God is quietly doing around us. Worry
crowds out wonder. Hurry dulls our awareness. And before we know it, we’ve
moved through an entire day without truly seeing the goodness placed along our
path.
God is not hiding His gifts from us. He is inviting us to slow down enough to recognize them.
Recently, I was reminded of this while helping my granddaughter learn to sew. Last Christmas, she received a sewing machine. This year, her great-grandma gave her a pattern and fabric, and I offered to help her learn the basics.
What I failed to remember was that I haven’t used a pattern in years—and that both of us have very little patience. Things weren’t going smoothly. It wasn’t going fast enough for her. I was frustrated. And what we ended up with looked nothing like the picture on the pattern.
Then her mom—who doesn’t even sew—took a look and immediately saw what we had missed. She knew how to fix it. With a few simple adjustments, the project came together. That night, our granddaughter happily went to bed wearing the warm pajama pants she had made.
That’s why Scripture so often speaks about our eyes—spiritual eyes that need opening, hearts that need softening, minds that need refocusing. Seeing God’s goodness isn’t about trying harder; it’s about trusting Him beyond our own understanding and allowing Him to show us what we’re missing.
When we invite God to open our eyes, the ordinary becomes meaningful again. The small moments regain their weight. And joy—quiet, steady joy—finds room to grow.
Today, when things don’t look the way you expected, pause and ask God to help you see beyond your own understanding. He is often working things together in ways we don’t recognize until the end result is revealed.
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Daily Inspiration from the Bible
— Proverbs 3:5 (NIV)
God is not hiding His gifts from us. He is inviting us to slow down enough to recognize them.
Recently, I was reminded of this while helping my granddaughter learn to sew. Last Christmas, she received a sewing machine. This year, her great-grandma gave her a pattern and fabric, and I offered to help her learn the basics.
What I failed to remember was that I haven’t used a pattern in years—and that both of us have very little patience. Things weren’t going smoothly. It wasn’t going fast enough for her. I was frustrated. And what we ended up with looked nothing like the picture on the pattern.
Then her mom—who doesn’t even sew—took a look and immediately saw what we had missed. She knew how to fix it. With a few simple adjustments, the project came together. That night, our granddaughter happily went to bed wearing the warm pajama pants she had made.
That’s why Scripture so often speaks about our eyes—spiritual eyes that need opening, hearts that need softening, minds that need refocusing. Seeing God’s goodness isn’t about trying harder; it’s about trusting Him beyond our own understanding and allowing Him to show us what we’re missing.
When we invite God to open our eyes, the ordinary becomes meaningful again. The small moments regain their weight. And joy—quiet, steady joy—finds room to grow.
Today, when things don’t look the way you expected, pause and ask God to help you see beyond your own understanding. He is often working things together in ways we don’t recognize until the end result is revealed.
Daily Inspiration from the Bible
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