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MONDAY THOUGHT 6/23/08

MegaMiracles
 
I get a kick out of the pretty little miracles — flowers blooming, moonlight flowing across Lake Michigan, the turning of a few jugs of water into some fine wine for a friend’s wedding — you know, the routine stuff.  And I confess my favorites are the whisper miracles — the gentle voice of our Lord as he reminds us He’s there and watching over us.
 
But I also get a true hoot — a Fourth of July fireworks blast — out of those just-in-time MegaMiracles, the against-all-odds cliffhangers: the parting of the Red Sea with Pharaoh’s army in hot pursuit; the deal that comes out of nowhere to save the business or keep the mortgage from defaulting with two minutes on the clock; the sudden appearance of the well when Hagar and Ishmael are absolutely sure to die of thirst; the conquest of the Promised Land in spite of reports that it is peopled with tough giants living in well-fortified cities; the flying in of fresh meat on the wing each and every morning to go along with the crop of manna (yeah, but no butter or barbecue sauce).
 
My point?  I sometimes think we forget that God is an AWESOME God, just a tad bigger than life, who (and this is only my thought) seems to get a kick out of sitting back and watching as life piles up impossible, cannot-win odds and then saying, “Hey, watch this, you unbelievers.”  So, if you really want to trust in God, don’t bet that the sun will rise in the east in the morning or that your petunias will bloom, but that when He says He will take care of you — without excuse or exception — He will do just that, and He will do it in His inimitable, just-in-time style.  Enjoy the day and a world filled with God’s miracles. — jri
 
“Then God opened her eyes and
she saw a well of water.  So she
went and filled the skin with water
and gave the boy a drink.”
        –    Genesis 21:19