\u201cMom!\u00a0 I can\u2019t find my _____.\u201d\u00a0 You can fill in the blank\u2014homework, favorite shirt, helmet, or (later on) car keys.\u00a0 I\u2019m will use the example of shoes. <\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t think I wore them,\u201d I say.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know, but I can\u2019t find <\/em>them.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDid you look in your closet?\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWell, no but I can\u2019t find them.\u00a0 Come help me, please<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, I drop what I\u2019m doing and go to his aid.\u00a0 And, since he\u2019s been at it for 10 minutes now, I really doubt if his non-mom eyes are capable of locating those shoes.\u00a0 I start my search, and 15 seconds later I\u2019m standing in front of him with the objects of his distress in my hand.\u00a0 \u201cAre these what you\u2019re looking for?\u201d\u00a0 And, I give him that look.\u00a0 You know, that same one I\u2019ve probably worn on my face a 1000 times before\u2014but, who\u2019s counting?<\/p>\n What my son was looking for was there all along, but somehow they escaped his field of vision.\u00a0 The shoes didn\u2019t suddenly appear when the mother figure (that would be me) of the house went hunting for them.<\/p>\n Oh, so much like life!\u00a0 We all yearn for love, acceptance, and mercy\u2014things only God can give us in the most complete and unconditional way possible.\u00a0 Problem is we tend to search in all the wrong places for them.\u00a0 We think He is hiding His goodness from us, and that just isn\u2019t true.\u00a0 I picture God trying to get our attention to tell us that He\u2019s ready to give us all that is beneficial, genuine, and fulfilling.\u00a0 All we have to do is ask.\u00a0 \u201cAsk and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.\u201d\u00a0 (Matthew 7:7, NIV) <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em> <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n I believe He uses the people and circumstances around us to meet our needs, when and how He sees fit.\u00a0 However, all of it ultimately comes from Him.\u00a0 \u201cEvery good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.\u201d (James 1:7, NAS)<\/em>.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it easier to ask the Maker of the Universe than to spend our time searching continually for the longings of our hearts?\u00a0 Yes!\u00a0 But in our humanness, we think this world can fill the voids that really only God can satisfy in the most lasting and steadfast way.<\/p>\n So, if you feel like you are seeking after something that is missing in your life, look to the Lord.\u00a0 \u201cYou will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.\u201d (Jeremiah 29:13, NAS) <\/em>You will find everything you need in Him.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, His generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus.\u201d (Philippians 4:19, The Message)<\/em><\/p>\n Be blessed today.<\/p>\n \u00a92013 Tammy Maseberg All Rights Reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cMom!\u00a0 I can\u2019t find my _____.\u201d\u00a0 You can fill in the blank\u2014homework, favorite shirt, helmet, or (later on) car keys.\u00a0 I\u2019m will use the example of shoes. \u201cDon\u2019t think I wore them,\u201d I say. \u201cI know, but I can\u2019t find them.\u201d \u201cDid you look in your closet?\u201d \u201cWell, no but I can\u2019t find them.\u00a0 Come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-word-from-tammy-maseberg","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inhisstepsministry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}