Look for God

“Mom even if Jesus didn’t make that man walk, he could’ve still made him a wheelchair to get around”...the mind of a child, y’all. On Sunday Sadie was taught about the man who was lowered through the roof on a mat to be healed by Jesus...Mark 2. Other than her telling me about her craft she made, which was a mat, this was the extent of our conversation, but it left me with this thought...

How often do we put our own expectations on God? How often have we placed a limit on what we think God should do? Or how often do we tie our expectations to our prayer life, thus being disappointed in what our “answered prayer” looks like? I keep thinking about what Sadie said and I can’t stop wondering what the difference in reaction would be if Jesus hadn’t healed him but provided a means to get around. Would it still make an impact? I would like to think that I would still be amazed for the miracle of being able to get around, but I am ashamed to say that I would likely have the expectation to be healed compledtely. Now obviously this healing was done in this way to show the power of Jesus to the people calling his healing, blasphemy...in no way am I saying it could have or should’ve gone differently, I am just merely using Sadies question to reflect about my own experiences. There have been many circumstances where “my miracle” didn’t happen but then also moments where my miracle happened and happened BIG. HELLO, #breastcancerandpregnant 😂 

But here’s the thing, I wonder how many miracles I missed looking for my expected miracle. What miracles did I miss while I was praying eagerly for my babies to make it home? Because I 100% had an expectation attached to my prayers that surrounded all 4 of my babies...and all expectations included life. And guess what...those didn’t all get met. BUT there were plenty of miracles taking place, while I sat in some disappointment, that at the time I didn’t notice. I have challenged myself for the past few years to always look for God. I try to always look for where God is as opposed to where you may think He is not...and listen, I don’t mean that “He is not”, what I mean is that maybe He isn’t doing what you might expect God to do. God is absolutely in everything. He knows what is best and we must trust in that. I can find myself overly distracted by what didn’t happen...but if I focus on what God is clearly doing, I don’t get stuck in the whys and I don’t miss the “wheelchair miracle”. But y’all, isn’t a miracle a miracle? Isn’t Jesus capable of anything? We can’t place limits on what He can do and it can be dangerous to tie expectations to our prayers and obedience. We’re human, we’re going to have expectations, but let’s all look for God because “wheelchair miracles” happen all around us every single day!

““I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.””

‭‭Mark‬ ‭2:11‬ ‭