“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein
- Trees budding, flowers blooming, and green grass carpeting the yard.
- Cloudy skies heavy with rain, hail, or snow.
- Lambs, colts, and calves with long, spindly legs playing in the pasture.
- Ocean waves kissing the shore time and time again.
- Mountains reaching to the heavens, touching the clouds, wearing snow late into the spring.
- A man and woman meeting, getting to know each other, caring, loving, marrying, creating a new home…a new family.
- A new baby… tiny, bubble blowing, starfish hands, — gentle, sweet, beautiful. Perfect.
- Boys and girls, growing and learning, laughing and crying, becoming who God meant them to be.
How can we look on these things and not see the miraculous?
If Einstein is correct that there are only two ways to live our lives, then how can we choose to look at life as though the amazing, the awe inspiring, the joyous, and the beautiful things that surround us are anything less than miraculous?
I miss the days when everything that I watched seemed to be a miracle; it was back when my boys were small. As a mom, I watched them grow, stretch, turn over, crawl, walk, run, and climb. Every new skill and each new word seemed to be miracles in our small apartment. And that isn’t even remembering the ordinary moments that were also “miracles.” The things that I was use to: the man who hugged me and reminded me that I belonged; the church where I was a Bible Study leader, a worker in the nursery, and a helper within the women’s ministries program; the law firm where I worked for an amazing retired judge — all of them were moments of blessing and privilege. Yes, many more ordinary miraculous moments followed these.
If we look at our moments, at the events of the life we lead as something that is less than miraculous, where will we find awe? When will we experience the wonder?
Miracles abound. People are healed — physically and emotionally. Provision is unexpectedly provided. Relationships are strengthened. We need to see the miraculous in the moment. It is important that we see God’s hand at work –moving in the world around us.
Yes, sadly, the world is broken. It is filled with sin and loss and hurt and distress. But, even in the midst of this darkness, God is still at work! We cannot deny His work — and yet it is easy to focus on the darkness so much that we fail to see the light…we fail to see the miraculous. The miracles abound in lives healed and souls saved. God’s miraculous touch is seen in the beauty that abounds in the desert, the mountains, the ocean, the smile of a child, the hand-holding couple celebrating 70 years of marriage, and the cross at the top of a steeple celebrating God’s work in His people.
Find them. Find the miraculous moments and celebrate them. Thank Him for them.
“So, my very dear friends, don’t get thrown off course. Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light.” — James 1:17-18a, The Message.










