How to Connect With God in Your Everyday Moments
The house quiets as the school bus rolls away, and I take a moment to pause and review the past few months. I try to do this a few times a year to see if the rhythms of my life are working in a new season. It’s my way of stepping back to consider how to connect with God in ways that fill me with life.
Golden beams of sunlight pierce the windowpane, and I consider the ways God’s been moving in my life.
I see the calling to be more disciplined in my thought life.
I’ve been learning to see what’s right and stop focusing on what’s wrong in my days.
I’ve been learning to be more intentional in my relationships and more strategic in my prayers.
How to Connect With God in Your Everyday Moments
As I reflect, a word forms in my mind.
The word is deliberate.
I glean the deeper meaning immediately.
God is calling me to a more deliberate life. He is calling me to relentlessly fight the desire to hurry, and he is reminding me to embrace these small moments that make up the tapestry of my life. He’s calling me to speak words of life, believe words of truth, and focus on his gifts.
I pull out my journal and begin listing the practical applications that go with living a deliberate life, a fulfilled life.
Perhaps you need these reminders today, too.
Let’s talk about how to connect with God in our everyday moments as we pursue greater fulfillment in our lives.
How to Connect With God: 3 Ways
1. Slow your pace.
I am a woman who hurries often.
The struggle with hurrying was amplified nine years ago when I became a mother and needed to plan my schedule around the all-encompassing job of feeding my little one.
I planned my life around her nursing schedule. I hurried as quickly as possible to complete as many tasks as possible between the frequent feedings that made up most of my waking moments.
The struggle continues now as I aim to squeeze as much as possible into my days and completely forget about slowing down to enjoy the quiet moments.
Unfortunately, a hurried life is not a deliberately lived life. A hurried life feels productive, but in our hurry, we often forfeit the moments that matter most as we rush through them with undivided focus on getting to whatever is next.
If you want to learn how to connect with God in your everyday moments, begin by slowing your pace. Rushing will always pull you out of the awareness of his presence.
2. Put presence over production.
I tend to hurry through the quiet moments of my days as well. I hurry through tender moments with God because I’m eager to dive into the measurable tasks of my days.
Throughout the past year, I’ve learned God wants me to meet with him in ways that fill me with life. This can’t happen when I’m in a hurry. It doesn’t happen when I’m focused on what I’m going to do next. A fulfilled life puts presence over production.
I find that when I aim to be present to the people and tasks in front of me, I am also more aware of God’s presence, more connected to him.
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For over a year, I’ve been writing about hospitality.
Hospitality is the art of creating spaces where others know they belong.
We can be hospitable no matter where we happen to be. I offer hospitality every time I speak a kind word to the waitress. I offer it when I pause in the parking lot to help the elderly woman with her groceries.
Go into the world and look for the needs around you, and you will step into a life of greater fulfillment. You will also encounter the Living God as you aim to share his love with others.
A Free Devotional to Help You Learn How to Connect With God in Your Quiet Moments:
Does the idea of slipping away to a beautiful place to recharge and refresh sound inviting? Space for Your Soul to Stretch is your invitation to create space to rest in God’s presence. Each day of this 8-day journey invites you to encounter God’s created world and spend time in his written Word. You will walk away from this journey replenished and refreshed each day. This online devotional is my free gift to you here.
Attention, all moms and daughters!
Lastly, in addition to writing to adults, I am also passionate about ministering to the next generation.
My 12-year-old daughter Bekah and I wrote a mother-daughter devotional book together. We hope to help moms and daughters connect and grow in faith together. Girl to Girl: 60 Mother-Daughter Devotions for a Closer Relationship and Deeper Faith includes 60 devotions with Scripture, commentaries from both of us, conversation starters, and even a shared journaling section.
Our vision is for girls ages 7-17 to enjoy it with their moms, grandmas, or older women they look up to. However, mothers and daughters of all ages are using this book to grow closer together! This book makes a wonderful gift for a mother or daughter you care about!
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