Unfolding Short Stories: “Sometimes we miss Him in our every day.” — Suzanne Happs

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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“Sometimes we miss Him in our every day.” — Suzanne Happs

We often look for God on the mountaintop or in the valley. But what about the middle? The everyday spaces of life where nothing feels especially dramatic or divine.

In this short story, Suzanne Happs reflects on raspberries, unexpected timing, and the sacredness of the ordinary. She reminds us that even in quiet seasons, God is present and faithful.

To hear more of Suzanne’s story, including how her family faced a medical crisis with no health insurance, listen on Apple to Page 53: Suzanne Happs from The Unfolding.

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0:00.0	God's fingerprints are in all of it.
0:02.8	But sometimes we miss him in our every day
0:05.6	because we're waiting for that big, loud miracle.
0:09.7	God's story?
0:11.5	Your life.
0:14.5	Unfolding short stories.
0:19.4	On Sunday, Father's Day, my youngest and I walked out to the strawberry patch in our backyard.
0:26.2	We picked the last five or six strawberries of the season.
0:30.0	We had gathered full buckets this year. It was great.
0:33.3	The season has now come to a grinding halt for us.
0:36.4	Homegrown strawberries are one of the things I look forward to most every summer.
0:40.6	The flavor is ten times better than the ones from the store.
0:44.2	And not only that, I just love the experience of going out to pick them.
0:49.2	Maybe you have something like that in your life.
0:51.5	Something small but meaningful.
0:53.6	The little joys of every day,
0:55.6	the smell of onions, garlic and butter, sizzling in a pan, movie theater popcorn, or something
1:01.4	that reminds you of your childhood. Today, Suzanne Haps, who shared her story on page 53 of the
1:07.7	unfolding, is back today to talk about that thing in her life.
1:12.2	Raspberrys.
1:13.3	It's a reflection from the middle place.
1:16.3	Not the valley, not the mountaintops.
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