I love this:

It reminds me that sometimes we miss what is happening due to our expectations of what SHOULD be happening. If we are waiting on words, but God chooses to speak in flowers, we might miss the conversation entirely.

I also love the idea that God speaks to us in many languages. Some of the ways God speaks to me are: through sunsets, through Toronto Blue Jay wins, through memes that come across my socials, through other people, through music, through nature, through Koski (my dog).

These are the obvious and easy ones. But what about the easy-to-miss or difficult ones? Because I think God also speaks to us through the tough things we deal with.

God speaks to me (though I might find it hard to listen): through my anxiety (which has me wondering right now if I have offended or hurt anyone by not including them in my “easy” list), through my concern for people I care about who are going through a difficult season, through the things that are happening in the news these days (which I often want to ignore because it’s felt like too much for so long now).

Today, I want to encourage to you to look for the ways that God speaks to you which might be hard for you to hear, or easy for you to miss. Because I believe that when we expand the ways we listen for God, we become more aware of God’s presence, and our faith grows.

As we continue to journey through Lent, let’s ask ourselves what we might be missing, how we might need to listen for God in unexpected and even difficult places. Let’s trust that God will show up, and that the effort to listen in unexpected or difficult places will be its own blessing.