Practicing the Presence Prompt: Something tiny

“Photograph something tiny that’s growing.
Where is God in the small and slow-growing?”

Growth is easy to miss when it’s small: it could be a new leaf just starting to open, grass pushing up through the dirt, or a bud that hasn’t bloomed yet.

Nothing about it feels dramatic. There’s no big moment, no clear before-and-after. It’s quiet, gradual, and often hidden unless you’re paying attention.

Most of life feels this way.

We want change to be obvious and quick. We want to see progress, to know that something is happening. But so much of what matters grows slowly, over time, beneath the surface, without much to show for it at first.

What Is “Practicing the Presence”?

Practicing the presence means learning to notice God in these kinds of moments.

Not just in big breakthroughs or clear answers, but in the quiet work that unfolds little by little.

It’s trusting that God is present in growth we can’t always measure.

Try This

Today, look for something small that’s growing.

It might be outside, a plant, a tree, a patch of grass. Or it might be something closer like a houseplant, a garden, even something you’ve been tending over time.

Pause and really look.

If you’d like, take a photo, not because it’s impressive, but because it’s easy to overlook.

Then ask yourself:

• Where do I see small growth in my life right now?

• What feels slow or unfinished?

• How might God be at work in ways I can’t yet see?

Growth doesn’t have to be fast to be real.

Sometimes the most important things are the ones that take time, quietly, steadily, day by day.

And God is there in all of it.