miracle

An extraordinary event that is inexplicable by scientific or natural laws and often attributed to divine intervention. To see a miracle is to see the extraordinary in our everyday lives. Miracles come to us all, restoring hope and inviting us to do the same.

Turning water into wine, multiplying loaves and fishes to feed thousands of people, and restoring sight to a blind man were some of the first miracles Jesus performed in his time. And,  miracles continue to happen, every day, if we are open to seeing them. For example, an answered prayer of a mother seeing her daughter live another day; a cocoon transforming into a majestic butterfly;an unexpected medical cure; or, broken relationship, healed.

Miracles remind us that God is always present, helping us  live through another day, another storm, another war, another challenge, and inviting us to not lose hope. In God’s eyes, we are all miracles. And, the moment we open our eyes to God’s endless love, we will see miracles all around us, too. 

Dear God, 

Thank you for giving me the miracle of life. I have seen and known of your miracles throughout my life, but sometimes I fail to see them in the lives of others. Open my eyes to see you in the doctor saving someone’s life through a difficult surgery. Or a mother caring for her ill child. And in a service dog caring for a human. Miracles are everywhere so please open my heart to them. 

What miracles did you experience today?