Moments...

The reminding of something is often so much more important then the learning of something new.

This is something our speaker yesterday at The Stirring's Womens Retreat told us. It's so true. It's not the we forget what we've learned but that we get so easily distracted by new things that what we already know often becomes buried.  This morning's message was about moments and how God uses moments to come alive, to touch people, to open their eyes and how He wants us to be on mission with the moments He gives us everyday. I was thinking about my upcoming trip and how God has been telling me that He has big plans for Africa and that I am meant to be part of what He is doing. How I've been praying for God to move and be visible in impossible ways. During the service I was asking God to make clear what He was trying to tell me because I felt like I look for the small moments all the time. And God just spoke to me, reminding me that it isn't just about all the big things He's doing but the small moments as well. That I shouldn't just be expecting big things to happen but moments where God is exposed for how big He is. For how much He loves. For how much hope He brings. And that He is always with us. Just small moments where someone feels; His love; feels hopeful, maybe for the first time; knows that they aren't alone. Those moments are just as special to God as when He does something unexpected. I pray for both of these, the impossible and the simple. And I am confident that God will lead me through both!