Trying to look for our God in the small stuff. He is apart of everything, He has made everything. He is all around us in Everything!
Sometimes we lose our way or get caught up in our own plans and need a swift kick in the butt. This is not about those times. Sometimes we go and meditate or seek God and He reveals himself to us in a big way. This is not about those times either. This is about looking for God in places we may not think to look.
Last Christmas we went on a vacation to Florida. We stayed with my Aunt, my Wifes parents, and my Grandparents. While thinking of things to do I remembered that there was supposed to be a beach in Florida that you could find shark teeth. After a quick google search and a look on google maps I found the city (Venice) and we decided that by taking a different route from her parents to my grandparents we could go there. I was excited to get there and find some shark teeth! Of course when we get there the wind is blowing like crazy and its really cold, even for Florida (like 50 at best). So after about half an hour and only a couple cool shells I'm thinking that I'm going home with out any shark teeth at all. Jessie decided to take the boys back to the car and I told her I was gonna do one more pass along the rocks. Its cold remember? So I'm in jeans and a coat, I do have my Vibram Five Fingers on which were working great walking across the rocks. Kinda bummed that I was looking at going home empty handed I did something that even now seems silly. I prayed. Mind you, I didn't get down on my knees or even fold my hands. I didn't close my eyes. In fact if you would have been watching me you wouldn't have even noticed. With out stopping what I was doing I thought "God, please let me find a shark tooth, just one little tooth, it would be so cool." Kinda a silly prayer right? Even then I thought what a dumb thing to pray about. But I really wanted to find one and figured it couldn't hurt.
A few minutes later while standing amongst the rocks I looked down as a wave pulled back and saw a little glimmer of black. I snapped down and grabbed a handful of sand around it. I stood up faced away from the wind and began sifting through the sand. I found one!! It was tiny but I didn't care, I found one! A legit shark tooth!! God had answered my praye--
Just then, with my back to the Gulf, standing on the shore amongst the rocks, a Giant wave rose up and I had become completely soaked. My jeans and jacket were saturated with freezing cold salt water. God had answered my prayer all right.
I couldn't stop laughing the whole way I hobbled to the car. For some reason I just knew, I knew God had looked down, heard my prayer, and with a little smile sent his wave. He has such a sense of humor some times.
Any other day I would have been pissed beyond belief about getting soaked at the beach, but I felt His presence. It really made me think about my life and all the God moments we might have and never make the connection. Some times you have to be on the look out for them. And some times we need a wave to rise up behind us. Think about it.
