When I Wasn’t Looking

Today I’m sharing a reflection from my husband, G. Wray, on the quiet ways wisdom finds us over time.

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I don’t know when it happened

I didn’t see it coming

The lesson just showed up

Through the gloaming and the dawning

Blue skies above me spoke

The clouds in all their glory

The eagles soaring high

All telling their own story

My children with their laughter

Their statements pure and true

Within their hearts of wonder

I glimpse a view of You

My mother gives her wisdom

And asks a question too

Son, when you make your plans

Think what would Jesus do

I look upon the flowers

I notice geese and deer

I watch the bees and ants

And wonder why they’re here

The Word shows truth and wisdom

I read with awe and wonder

I see His grace and truth

In words that make me ponder

As I sit with years behind me

And think of lessons learned

I realize how He taught me

And how His love was never earned

How children taught me patience

How eagles soar above

How ants keep steady working

How sweet the cooing of a dove

I see things now around me

That for decades I could not see

How life rushed past my eyes

Before I learned to be

I see His hand of mercy

I hear my grandkids sing

I feel the touch of sunshine

And smell the scents of spring

And suddenly the truth comes softly

Through what I hear and smell and see:

His wisdom grows in hidden spaces,

like the rings within a tree

And now I see it happened—

Not only in the tree

When I wasn’t looking

It happened within me

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Thank you for reading. May you notice what is growing, even when you aren’t looking.

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