“To love another person, is to see the face of God” -Victor Hugo
“Have courage, and be kind. You have more kindness in your little finger than most people possess in their whole body. And it has power, more than you know. And magic.” – Cinderella (2015)
Recently, I was asked if I could share a God Moment that has happened since I’ve been in Rwanda, but I couldn’t think of a single stand-alone moment. Instead, I responded with this, “If I’m being honest, every day has felt like a God Moment. Every time I hear the choir sing, every time whispered prayers wash over me during service, every time I find a new vista to wonder at, every moment that I’m welcomed and accepted among my friends and community, and every night that I look out over the lights shining on the hills of Kigali, I feel God with me. I feel a sense of belonging and a greater understanding of who I am. I feel protected, watched, and guided. I thank God every day for these blessings that I have been granted.”
All of these moments that I mentioned are small, and seemingly insignificant. But to me, there is so much power in them. There is power in acceptance, in nature’s beauty, in kindness, and in music. People can see God wherever they want, but they have to have the mind to look. It may be easier to see God over the big things like, say, surviving an accident, but to see Him in things we can take for granted, now that’s beautiful to me. If I think about times where I have truly felt God, throughout my entire life, it has been in the smiling faces of those I love, in nature, where I see flowers blooming or a scenic view, or it has been through musical chords that touch my soul.
Not everyone sees God the same way, but I do hope that everyone can have a God Moment over something simple, something that happens every day.
“Have courage, and be kind. You have more kindness in your little finger than most people possess in their whole body. And it has power, more than you know. And magic.” – Cinderella (2015)
Recently, I was asked if I could share a God Moment that has happened since I’ve been in Rwanda, but I couldn’t think of a single stand-alone moment. Instead, I responded with this, “If I’m being honest, every day has felt like a God Moment. Every time I hear the choir sing, every time whispered prayers wash over me during service, every time I find a new vista to wonder at, every moment that I’m welcomed and accepted among my friends and community, and every night that I look out over the lights shining on the hills of Kigali, I feel God with me. I feel a sense of belonging and a greater understanding of who I am. I feel protected, watched, and guided. I thank God every day for these blessings that I have been granted.”
All of these moments that I mentioned are small, and seemingly insignificant. But to me, there is so much power in them. There is power in acceptance, in nature’s beauty, in kindness, and in music. People can see God wherever they want, but they have to have the mind to look. It may be easier to see God over the big things like, say, surviving an accident, but to see Him in things we can take for granted, now that’s beautiful to me. If I think about times where I have truly felt God, throughout my entire life, it has been in the smiling faces of those I love, in nature, where I see flowers blooming or a scenic view, or it has been through musical chords that touch my soul.
Not everyone sees God the same way, but I do hope that everyone can have a God Moment over something simple, something that happens every day.