{"id":5973,"date":"2022-08-14T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/?p=5973"},"modified":"2022-08-05T17:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T22:01:46","slug":"everyday-miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=5973","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It Is Good to Be Thankful: Appreciation makes the world a better place\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everyday-Mirales...churchartpro.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everyday-Mirales...churchartpro.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5974\" width=\"143\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everyday-Mirales...churchartpro.jpeg 792w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everyday-Mirales...churchartpro-275x300.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everyday-Mirales...churchartpro-768x838.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Everyday-Mirales...churchartpro-600x655.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Years ago\u2014before moving pictures, visual effects, and technology that constantly shocks the senses\u2014people seemed to appreciate their surroundings more. They realized that life itself is a miracle. The whole universe is a miracle. These are not chance happenings, but actual miracles. Perhaps the following classic authors and poets were on to something\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ralph Waldo Emerson: \u201cThe invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miracle in the common.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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, the stars appearing in the sky, or a rainbow. Perhaps if we had seen that oak tree grow strong and tall from one little acorn in fast motion, before our very eyes, we might consider it a miracle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walt Whitman: \u201cTo me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle\u2026. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle. . .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes we are so busy looking somewhere else for a miracle we can\u2019t see the ones before our very eyes. In Mark 8:18 (NIV), 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 in biblical times. 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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How much do we miss every day? Can we see God in everyday miracles? Miracles like\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Finding your lost car keys without having to spend all day looking for them<\/li><li>Losing your Visa card with absolutely no idea of where it might be when Target unexpectedly calls to say you left it there<\/li><li>A note of appreciation<\/li><li>The grocery line being short when you are in a hurry<\/li><li>Singing your lungs out in the car because your favorite oldies song came on the radio<\/li><li>Your son from college calls to say, \u201cI just wanted to tell you how much I love you\u201d and doesn\u2019t even ask for money<\/li><li>All the lights being green on your way to work<\/li><li>Enjoying the shade of an oak tree or the vibrant colors in a flower garden&nbsp;<\/li><li>A cold glass of ice water on a hot, hot day<\/li><li>A healthy child being born<\/li><li>Another day of life<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m so thankful for everyday miracles. If we don\u2019t recognize and appreciate the everyday miracles in our ordinary lives, it\u2019s likely we won\u2019t recognize the bigger ones when they come our way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>*****<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cIt is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord..<\/em><em>.\u201d ~ Psalms 92:1 (KJV)<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It Is Good to Be Thankful: Appreciation makes the world a better place\u2026 Years ago\u2014before moving pictures, visual effects, and technology that constantly shocks the senses\u2014people seemed to appreciate their surroundings more. They realized that life itself is a miracle. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/?p=5973\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barbdahlgren.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}