Miracles abound … ( 12 / 08 / 2012 )
Miracles abound … ( 12 / 08 / 2012 )
“ We have isolated ourselves from the transcendent . If we get sick , we go to a doctor . If we need food , we go to a store and buy it . We don ’ t allow our neighbors to share their sustenance , and we no longer allow our bodies to heal of their own accord . Some would say that this is a sign of “ progress ”; that our expanding intelligence has exposed the ignorance that used to have us believing in errant myths & hollow miracles … I would like offer a different perspective : namely , the Truth that our myths are still full of Wisdom – we simply choose to ignore them ; and that miracles still occur every single day – we simply choose to look away .
You see , by removing acts of courageous intimacy from our everyday lives -- the flagrant Faith that used to allow the miraculous to caress us regularly , it is WE who have discarded the amazing from our thoughts and the wondrous from our lives .
And yet the fact remains : as long as LOVE exists , miracles will remain .
Indeed , the ability we each have to Care for strangers (& even our enemies ) transcends both instinct & ego … Some would say that such a choice transcends even science itself . And it is this LOVE unconditional that is the true wonder of being Human . It is this ability to be Kind even in our darkest hours that gives our lives deep Meaning .
This is the LOVE of the child that walks on the water of our Souls … It is this LOVE that is nothing short of a miracle . And how wonderful it is that this miracle will always be right beside us , waiting just beyond barely-closed doors … waiting patiently to sustain us and guide us and heal us .
Of course , no food can nourish unless it is first placed on one ’ s table …
… and no doctor can cure unless she is first invited into one ’ s Home .”
(~ inspired by Shane Claiborne )
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