The Gift of Awareness: an unexpected blessing

Ive been thinking alot lately about what focuses my attention to God.  Every week at my church we have communion; we sit with our cracker and little cup of juice and you have no option but to remember what Jesus did for you. The reminder is right there in your hand. You taste it.  I think maybe that's one reason why Jesus connected the eating and drinking with remembering. Even what your physical body is doing is a remembrance so there's no distractions. It focuses your attention to Him. And I'm so thankful that we do this every week. But out there in the world, in life, what focuses your attention to Him? Some of the things that have focused my attention in these last 5 months are: my need for, and His supernatural gifting of: time, energy, and confidence. Time. Such a stupid constraint and it has no power in God's kingdom.  If I listed every task I did for teaching, coaching, running a gym, and mentoring this last month, plus how many miles I ran, you would wonder if I ever slept. But God has used this idea of time(and my need for more of it) to focus my attention on him. Everyday when I wondered how it was all ever going to get done, I had no other option but to attune myself to God and know that he hasn't given me more than I can handle, and I really think He supernaturally stretched time, because there is no other explanation.  Energy. Perhaps even harder than finding time to do things is finding the energy. This became a prayer for me almost every day as I traveled from school to the gym.  After a long day on my feet teaching, how was I going to have the energy to go coach gymnastics, And how was I going to be able to run?  I had to ask God for a supernatural download of energy almost everyday, and He always came through. Confidence. Nothing like being out of your element, doing new things, to make you realize it's not your own strength and abilities but God working through you that accomplishes His purposes. In running this gym, I have had to do things that made me uncomfortable, things that I didn't go to school for, things that aren't just my normal talents and strengths. And it was God who gave me the confidence to take on every challenge. So even though these last 5 months have been the craziest, busiest time of my life, it's also been the most blessed!  We've been blessed physically, emotionally, but the best blessings I've received are a higher frequency of times I had to focus on God, and a greater awareness. Awareness of just how much I have to rely on God, of just how much He helps me, of just how much He equips me, of just how much He sustains me.