Saturday, April 15, 2006

sunday is on the way...

before the sun comes up tomorrow, i will be headed to a place in which the sole purpose of gathering is to celebrate the risen Lord...a friend of mine always says, "something about the resurrection makes people get up and go celebrate"...that and christmas...but i truly can't think of any better days to celebrate...except for st. patty's day, or columbus day (my birthday), or...just kidding...

someone asked me today if i thought the miracles of christ were ligit...based on the history of tomorrow, i was compelled to find favor in them...not because i am a maniac...but because in some sense, we tend to compartmentalize a miracle...if it's not grand and spectacular, then it does not fit in the genre of miracle...i think the fact that i breathe throughout the night without thinking or making it happen is a miracle...i think because i can look someone in the eye and translate a myriad of feelings, it is a miracle...i think when you are out of money and out of nowhere someone gives you some, without having asked a soul- it qualifies as a miracle to me...

naivety?...trust me, i have pounced all over the needed miracles in the world today...tomorrow is about hope- the hope of ultimate and complete healing...in my journey, i am going to keep hoping for miracles and working to make them happen...my other more skeptical friend said, "silly girl, miracles are for gods!"...maybe so...maybe no...today i will hope for the day when all tears shall be wiped away...when everyone has been healed...

2 Comments:

At 4:38 PM, Blogger bcdees47 said...

I agree. The term miracle is one that's thrown around a lot, and we tend to frame it in terms of the supernatural, that is, something working against nature. I tend to disagree with this assessment. I see the sun rise, and I find that pretty damn miraculous. When we come to see the world and everything in it as holy and sacred, we begin to see miracles all around us. Did Jesus literally rise from the dead? Honestly, I'm not sure (yeah yeah, I never claimed to be orthodox), but I will say that the community that gathers around him and his teachings is, at its best, pretty damn miraculous, too. And I definitely think that's a miracle worth celebrating.

 
At 5:22 PM, Blogger Monica said...

what form were you using just then?..uh-um...amen and amen...and for the record, orthodox is the last thing that i attribute to you...in a good way!!

 

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