I heard an interesting thing recently:  Would you recognize your wife's/friend's handwriting if you saw it?  Probably yes.  Would you recognize Gandhi's handwriting?  Probably not.  The idea is that you recognize things from people you know, people you're familiar with.  It's the same way with God.  We can recognize stuff about God by being friends with him, spending time with him, getting to know him.  In other words, we'll see stuff as being God's work and as coming from God if we're close to him.  I wonder how many things happen that we don't recognize as coming from God.  We say, "Wow, what a coincidence."  Why is it just a coincidence and not an act of God, part of God's will?  And when bad things happen, we're always quick to say, "How could God let this happen?"  But what about the things he doesn't let happen [1]?  Or what about the good that comes out of the bad (Romans 8:28)?  Or what about little things that happen every day, like getting to work safely and sleeping in a bed at night?

[1] Mercy can be defined as "not getting what we deserve".  Grace can be defined as "getting what we don't deserve". #religion