Stop Missing Out

Something I am noticing lately is how much, we as Christians, miss God. I'm not talking about, the miss as in I miss you Lord, I'm talking about, just flat out miss Him. Not noticing all the wonderful things that He is doing for us. We get so caught up in our own lives, agenda's and needs, that we fail to see the works He is doing for us all along. God is trying to get our attention, when will we stop and take notice? I listen to others, their stories, their situations, and I want to scream, and say don't you see God in this.I'm not saying that I haven't been screamed at as well, it takes others to notice what I can not see. I'm talking about me as well. It's amazing how we can blame God for the bad, the why Lord, why did you let this happen, or beg for his help when we are at our lowest, but we forget to praise Him in the good. I'm not talking about the really good, extraordinary moments, because even those we are so quick to thank Him for, but just the day to day things that He has done for us. We are so quick to complain, that we don't have enough money, that we don't have everything we need, that we are just not happy with our lives right now, we are waiting for the big moments, the so called exciting times, that we miss right now. I'm taking a new challenge, and it's focusing on seeing God in everything. Trying to have an attitude of if this is all I ever have it's enough, because I know You, Lord, have given me everything I need for this very moment, but also having faith that when I need more, I won't even have to ask, because Your word says He gives us all we need. And that is a big thing, the bible says, What do you have that has not been given to you? So therefore He gives us all that we need. It's about trusting that when bad things come our way, God is trying to reveal or teach us something. He's trying to show us who we are in him, that nothing is impossible, or He could be trying to get our attention, so that we can have all He wants for us. Stop, think, and thank Him for all He is doing. Ask Him what He is doing in this very moment, is He making you a better wife, teaching you how to love your husband better, revealing the gift of who your husband really is, Is He making you a better mother, or showing you what a good mother you are? Is He making you a better daughter, stretching you to new lengths in really honoring you parents, Is he making you a better friend, giving you opportunities to love them, or help them, give an encouraging word, Or showing you what good friends He has given you? Is He trying to build your faith, and lean on Him, asking that you hand over the reins to Him, what circumstances does He have to allow so you will only have Him left to trust, because He knows you can't do it with out Him? What gifts is He given you, that you forgot to thank him for? What talents is He trying to show you? Did you ever stop to think that we go through things to be of use to others, to relate, to help, to show that God can do all things. Or that He is getting us to where we need to be, to get all the things He has stored up for us? We have got to stop missing God, I'm taking this challenge, to see God in everything, In my husband, in my kids, in my home, in my family, in my friends, in all his creation, in my circumstances, in my finances, in my hopes and dreams, in my future, and in every area of my life. I don't want to miss a single moment of who God is, and all the wonderful things He is doing, even though I know many times I will, God will hopefully use one of you, to reveal Himself to me! Then I wouldn't have missed God after all, how perfect He is.