He is all around

I believe in what I call "little miracles" or signs. Maybe a lot of it is just a good gut instinct sometimes but then other times, God's hand is just so blatantly there guiding and stirring the pot of my life that there is no way I can miss seeing it. Whether it be the those times where I knew I was living on my own,  barely holding on by pennies, struggling, praying checks would come in before payments went out and God would go and make a way every time. Or just running into someone who knew just what to say even if they didn't know it was what you needed to hear. Again I'm going to draw from Jessi's blog. I don't think this girl knows what a blessing and inspiration she is! She can always say it so much better than I.

 I've experienced so many of these blessings in my lifetime. I am floored and astonished every time. God always is there, all around. I know it. I can see it. I see it in the beautiful sunsets. I hear it in a newborn's cry. I  can feel His love in my husband's patience and graciousness. Lately, I have been struggling with some issues. I have been just very depressed and torn. I know that I am blessed beyond measure but when something like this is causing me so much pain and sorrow its hard to remember that. I  have literally felt in the last week and a half like just throwing in the towel.
         
Monday I received this in my change at the store.



I could have cried right there.



Then tonight I was in Walmart, I happened to look down and see this.

Among my prayers have been these words, in my pleading to the Lord for someone I care about. 

I am amazed by the things all around that may just seem like coincidence but I know they are so much more than that. They are mini miracles. 

Psalm 139

God’s Perfect Knowledge of Man

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

 O Lord, You have searched me and known me.

2 You know my sitting down and my rising up;

You understand my thought afar off.

3 You comprehend my path and my lying down,

And are acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word on my tongue,

But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.

5 You have hedged me behind and before,

And laid Your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

It is high, I cannot attain it.

7 Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning,

And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

10 Even there Your hand shall lead me,

And Your right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall[a] on me,”

Even the night shall be light about me;

12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You,

But the night shines as the day;

The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

13 For You formed my inward parts;

You covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Marvelous are Your works,

And that my soul knows very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me,

When as yet there were none of them.

17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!

How great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand;

When I awake, I am still with You.

19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!

Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

20 For they speak against You wickedly;

Your enemies take Your name in vain.[c]

21 Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You?

And do I not loathe those who rise up against You?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred;

I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;

Try me, and know my anxieties;

24 And see if there is any wicked way in me,

And lead me in the way everlasting.