Today I received a slide show that had 45 lessons for living life...
I have to say it was one of the most beautiful I have seen, heard, read in a long time....
one of the "lessons" was
"Believe in Miracles"
And I read those words and had to stop right there and thank God for His daily miracles in my life...
so many wait to see what the world would call a "true miracle" and miss out on the daily miracles that surround us each and everyday...
like waking up each and everyday with breath of life in us..that is not something any of us should take for granted or expect...it is a MIRACLE...a gift that God has given us...He loves us so much that He created our bodies in a way that we wake up breathing every morning..and the morning someone does not, they are in HIS arms that day...
I lost my uncle this passed semester...i miss him very much, we emailed back and forth almost every week..he would send pictures of our family history..and he dreamed..he saw all the little things in life that we get to busy to notice...and he took time for every single one of the people in his life..at his funeral and viewing when people would speak about him they all had such a special connection to him...they all had stories to share..and he touched them each in a very different way and excepted them for who they were...he made you feel so very special in life...he had a gift...this was the first time I lost someone who was still so young and was so close...it hurt..and I missed him at our family Christmas...so the gift to breath everyday is a miracle...
I remember that each morning when JJ wakes up and is jumping on me, God reminds me of the endless nights and days I would wake up throughout just to see if he was breathing...and he has ever time...MIRACLE
Another Miracle is the ability to walk, talk, see, hear, understand, learn, drive...not everyone of us has these gifts but each of them is a miracle...we read in the Bible how Jesus made the blind see..and we think that is the only type of Miracle, but it's not...the fact any of us see is a miracle..what a gift He gives us...
and the gift to hear, or of Sign language that gives a voice to the deaf...I am very privileged and blessed to be in Sign Language this coming semester, and I will not take a single second for granted as I will be a voice to someone who doesn't have one...this is a gift to me...a Miracle to them...for my son the miracle to understand...he doesn't take that for granted and I don't anymore..not all of us have understanding in the way we were made..and when someone or many someones give that to us..well when JJ can say "Angels, I love Angels..they are from God" ..well that is a miracle....
when a College Physics professor takes the time to tell you how smart you are, and how how this is a gift from God...well that is a miracle...and a gift..that was one of many God brought me this semester
Forgiveness...this is a true miracle we all have the ability in us to do if we have Christ in us..without Christ we would not be able to forgive...without forgiveness we would have no one and the ability to love would not be there...forgiveness is a gift to give and nothing short of a miracle to receive...
many times I have been forgiven and I thank God for each of those, because through that forgiveness I have closer friendships, family..and a life filled with more love that i ever had before..I have received that miracle from God many times...to give that as a gift is just as amazing as to receive that as a miracle...this semester God worked through me to forgive some people who had hurt me very deeply..and above what I expected...and He allowed me to be humbled and ask for forgiveness from some people i had hurt very deeply...that is a gift
Prayer....what a gift...what a blessing..what a miracle...
we stay on our knees, we believe with all our hearts...we have faith...we trust God's timing...and we receive what we have prayed for according to His will...
that is a Miracle...the number of prayers answered in my life time I will never even realize this side of heaven, and I probably would become so overwhelmed I wouldn't be able to grasp each of them...but this year God has let me see one answered prayer after another...big or small each of them was the same to me...they were answered prayers and I can't gage which means more, because they were gifts from God...and each more amazing and I am humbled by them all...
and many more Miracles...flowers blooming, our car starting each morning (a huge miracle for some), a house to sleep in at night and turn into a home for our families...a place to go on the holidays...a warm bed to sleep in at night...bills to pay even if they are late, because paying them means we have a job...a CHRISTmas tree in our home..children, one of they biggest gifts and miracles ....a husband or wife to lean on when times get tough and hurts go very deep...a best friend, who for me is my husband, for others someone who has walked next to them...a besty to listen and be there when you call....a mom...a dad...a sister or brother...an aunt or uncle...cousins...friendships, true Godly friendships that you never worry if they love you...playing outside because you have a yard to play in...laughing so hard your stomach hurts..or crying so hard you can't hardly breath, it seems this wouldn't be a miracle, but if you can cry, cry to God it means you have not become numb to what's around you and that is a miracle...going to a doctor/dentist...sharing a cup of coffee...spending time with your teenage daughter and knowing you will be best friends one day...receiving flowers for being sick or any occasion...a card in the mail that simply says I love you or I care or I believe in you...a surprise visit from someone ... a gift on your doorstep when you wake up from an anonymous person or with a card from a friend...and so much more...
these are not just "good" things, or nice things...they are ALL gifts, MIRACLES...that we can give or receive...from God for others
Thank You Lord for each of these to help us walk through this life with...thank you for sending your Son, Jesus Christ, to save us...thank you for CHRISTmas and the celebration of our Saviour...for this and so much more...I am humbled and thankful
"For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given, and the givenrment will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace"
Isaiah 9:6
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