The Way God Speaks Through Ordinary Moments

I’ve been committed to following my mom’s advice, and I’ve managed to get outside every day for the last couple of weeks. Some days it’s easy — the sun is out, the air feels lighter, and it’s a joy to be out there. Other days, when work gets in the way, I’ve had to settle for a few minutes standing outside watching the squirrels play.

It still counts.

But today… today was one of those heavy, gray, damp days — the kind where the sky feels like it’s sitting right on your shoulders. The kind where you could talk yourself out of going outside without much effort.
Still, we grabbed the dogs, leashed them up, and headed out for our hike. It’s a familiar trail; one we’ve walked so many times that it’s easy to slip into autopilot — the same way you can drive somewhere and suddenly realize you don’t remember the drive at all.
The wind was really picking up, too — that restless, swirling kind of wind that makes everything feel alive. We walked along, chatting about the usual things, letting the dogs explore. And then my husband said something that stopped me for a second.
“Everything looks different when you look up.”
So I did.
And he was right.
The trees were dancing in the wind — bare, black silhouettes against a winter sky — and somehow still beautiful. Swaying to music we couldn’t hear. It made the gray worthwhile.
And it got me thinking.
What we see is all about perspective.
Choice- what we decide is worth paying attention to.
We can walk the same trail, drive the same road, live the same day — and miss the beauty right in front of us. Or we can choose to look up. We can choose to see God’s small miracles woven into ordinary moments. We can choose to see the bright side of the day.
And the same is true in leadership.
We can look at a situation, a challenge, or even a person through the same lens we’ve always used… or we can choose to shift our perspective.
We can see the co‑worker who frustrates us —
or we can look up and notice the strengths they bring.
We can see the interruption that derails our plan —
or we can look up and ask, “What opportunity is hiding inside this?”
We can see the same problem we’ve seen a hundred times —
or we can look up and wonder, “What’s another way to approach this?”
Leaders who look up see more.
They see possibility where others see inconvenience.
They see potential where others see annoyance.
They see growth where others see disruption.
Perspective doesn’t change the situation —
but it absolutely changes us.

So here’s the challenge:
Look up. See more. Lead differently.