We asked you, readers, for your stories of finding God in the unexpected. Not unexpectedly, you delivered by sharing your moving encounters with God. Here’s a sampling from dotMagis blog readers. More will be shared in future posts.
Big Smile
I was sitting in the waiting room of the dentist’s office, and a young mother entered with her one-year-old daughter in her arms. They sat down across from me, and the tiny girl lit up with a big smile and said, “Hi!” to me. I responded with my own greeting, and she continued to smile and repeat her enthusiastic, “Hi!” It made my day as I felt God’s love and joy emanating from this little one to me. I learned that her name was Harmony, very fitting for such a pleasant child. It was an unexpected God moment.
—Nancy Robinson
Touching Jesus
On my first Ignatian directed retreat, I was struggling with the existence of God (which is why I went on retreat in the first place!). I told my director that I was like Thomas: I needed to touch the wounds in Jesus’ hands to believe. At the end of my retreat, my director suggested that I pray with
