When was the last time you witnessed a miracle? I bet many people will have to think real hard on that one. Because if like most we think of miracles as seeing a blind person see, someone healed of cancer, or now they can walk when they couldn’t before. Those are all great and wonderful things to happen. Don’t get me wrong these can happen but it is not the norm. God doesn’t work that way. However, there are many little miracles each day. An example is every morning when the sun rises for a new day, the moon sets at night, or maybe a rainstorm when needed. It could be as simple as a smile and hugs from a loved one. Getting that parking spot close to the door when its pouring and you forgot your umbrella.
Attitude makes a difference
I believe seeing miracles in life is all about our attitude. If I walk through each day with a bad attitude then I will miss those little miracles God shares each day. When the sun wakes me in the morning when the moon sets at night; those are God’s little miracles. If I keep my eyes open to all that is around me I can be a witness to life’s amazing details. We can live life as though there are no miracles or as though there are miracles everywhere.
Changing my perspective
Sometimes I get so caught in my thoughts I forget to pay attention to life. Funny how things can take us so off course during the day and then we wonder why we feel so frustrated; nothing seems to have gone right. But if I pause and look at what is happening from a different perspective I can see the beauty in life. One can argue that life and miracles do not go together. That could be true if all we look for and expect is those life-changing raising the dead kind of miracles. But if we stop and look around we can see them in the eyes of a child as he or she laughs, the cry of a baby wanting to be held. Those are all little miracles.
Wrong end of the binoculars
For instance, binoculars if you look through them from the narrow eyepiece it brings far away up close. But if you turn them the other way now things look so different. Not at all how you wanted them to look. I find it is the same as seeing miracles every day. It is our perspective. We don’t see the little things because our perspective is skewed. So which end of the binoculars do you choose to look through?
Taking time
As I journey through this season of grief and healing I am reminded that even in tragedy there can be beauty. I have been learning to take time to reflect. To meditate and listen for that still small voice. The one that calls me to a closer relationship with God. It has given me a new set of eyes. Showing me that every day can be approached as a gift, a little miracle, or a curse. It is in how I choose to perceive it. Never do I think I have it all figured out because the minute I do poof things change. I use to have a poster that showed a frog on a Lilly pad and the quote said, “Just when I think I have it figured out they move the lily pads.” Oh, how true that is.
Choose to laugh often, be open to what is around you, don’t be afraid to give away a smile and love always. Because we never know when a kind word or smile could change or save a life. We may be the miracle they need. A smile is a curve that can set things straight.
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