My interview with Keri Wyatt Kent, Part 2
If our ordinary moments don’t matter to God, then why are we here? Of course they matter. The spiritual work is simply recognizing.
Today Part 2 of my interview with Keri Wyatt Kent is up at her site. And she’s giving away a copy of my book!
Here’s a little bit of our conversation:
Q. What does it mean in your life to see God in the smallest moments?
It means it’s all a gift: the rush of getting the kids dressed and into car seats in the morning, the molasses-slow process of letting my almost-four-year-old do it (whatever it is!) himself. The sweet moments when my kid picks me a flower and the wild stress in the car when I pull over and cry because that same kid is throwing a tantrum and I don’t know how to help him. The moment when a friend from the past calls while you’re (miraculously) out alone and you talk and walk aimlessly on the phone for an hour. The younger, cooler friends who invite you to raid their closets for a date night with your husband. This is ordinary life and ordinary life is what makes up our days. If our ordinary moments don’t matter to God, then why are we here? Of course they matter. The spiritual work is simply recognizing. To recognize we have to first be aware. Then we can learn to be grateful. And then, we slowly learn to pray in the middle of all that life.