Revealing His Goodness

How often do we have experiences that we perceive as coincidences?  The times where we think to ourselves, “wow, what are the chances?” or “did that really just happen?”.  The situations and happenings that seem random and like mere coincidences can be seen as something more when we have faith.  The greater the faith we have, the easier we can recognize these occurrences as God moments, moments where we can simply say, “thank you, God.”  Sharing God moments with others can inspire them to think about the small moments in their days where they too can recognize God’s hand at work and see His goodness.

I experienced one of these moments awhile back.  When you work a job with normal hours, it is a bit harder to make it to daily mass.  Many parishes seem to have daily masses at 8:00 AM or another similar time.  While some have masses scheduled over the noon hour, it can be hard to make unless the parish is really close to where you work so you can get there, attend, and get back to work before your lunch time is over.  Working 7:30-5:00, I just assumed over the last several years that I wouldn’t be able to get to any daily masses unless they were in the evening.  However, not too long ago I accidentally found that there is a parish exactly 1.1 miles from my work when I was driving down a side road, different from my normal route.  It is a parish I had been to before, but with my lack of strong directional skills, I hadn’t realized that it was close to where I work.  And upon looking up their website, I discovered that they have a daily mass at 6:45 AM.  Wow, how perfect!  What are the chances that there is a church that close that also happens to have mass at that time?  It was surely a God moment.

Another God moment took place at the beginning of the month.  One Sunday, I was talking with someone about the National Eucharistic Congress event that is taking place in July.  She asked me if I was going.  I mentioned how it would be cool, but that I most likely wasn’t going, because it seemed easier to go with a group.  The next evening, I was at a meeting at UWGB and someone from the diocese was also there.  After the meeting, she came up to me and told me that I was on her list of people to ask if I’d like to attend the event in one of 15 spots as part of the young adult delegation for the diocese.  Again, the chances of this situation seemed unreal.  But I was able to recognize that it wasn’t just by chance, but rather, that it was God.

We all experience different moments on a regular basis, big or small, that seem unlikely, which lead us to believe they just happen coincidentally.  But, God is at work in our lives and guides us each day.  He knows everything that will happen and works within the events of our days to reveal His goodness.
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When something seems too good to be true, we can look to God and thank Him.  He wants to give us good things and provides many opportunities for us to grow closer to Him.  This week, be on the lookout for the moments where you can see glimpses of God in your life.  He is there and He is always good.