{"id":4269,"date":"2017-11-05T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T15:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/?p=4269"},"modified":"2017-07-25T22:30:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T03:30:20","slug":"choose-not-to-miss-everyday-miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=4269","title":{"rendered":"Choose Not to Miss Everyday Miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"

One More Year of Choices<\/em><\/p>\n

By Barbara Dahlgren<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"One definition of a miracle is an extraordinary event that brings a welcomed consequence. Years ago, before moving pictures, visual effects, and technology that constantly shocks the senses, people seemed to appreciate their surroundings more. They realized that life itself is a miracle. The whole universe is a miracle.<\/p>\n

Perhaps these classic authors and poets were on to something\u2026<\/p>\n

Ralph Waldo Emerson: \u201cThe invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miracle in the common.\u201d<\/p>\n

John Donne: \u201cThere is nothing that God hath established in a constant course of nature . . . but would seem a Miracle, and exercise our admiration, if it were done but once.\u201d Donne was referring to things such as flowers blooming, the sun rising, or the stars appearing in the sky. Perhaps if we had seen an oak tree grow strong and tall from one little acorn in fast motion, before our very eyes, we might consider it a miracle.<\/p>\n

Walt Whitman: \u201cTo me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle. . .\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another from one of the smartest men in the world\u2026<\/p>\n

Albert Einstein: \u201cThere are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sometimes we are so busy looking somewhere else for a miracle, we can\u2019t see the ones before our very eyes. Jesus told the disciples, \u201cDo you have eyes but fail to see\u2026?\u201d The same might apply to us. That was certainly the case with those who were looking for Christ to come. Since they were looking for a Messiah descending from heaven with a flaming sword of righteousness, they did not recognize the Christ child in the manger as their Savior. They missed what was right before their eyes.<\/p>\n

How much do we miss every day? Can we see God in ordinary, everyday miracles? Miracles like\u2026<\/p>\n