Modern miracle
May 19th 2009 07:10
What can we consider a modern miracle? Is this term overused -- particularly in promoting some pharmaceutical company's new product? What if I put the term in relation to personal experience, since that is the only experience that I can share, right?
I was reading all the voluminous responses to a recent post at Samaritan's fringefaith.com asking, "Why did Jesus have to die?" Ingenious post, really. The blog's author doesn't answer the question as much as she leaves an opening for others to voice their opinions.
I have learned to stay open to all the messages a Divine Intelligence creates through individuals (certainly not just what I have come to understand through meditation). If I am going to have conviction in what spiritual contemplation promises, I don't want to limit myself to only what I feel is communicated from "the still small voice" just through me. Are you better attuned to seeing everyday miracles if you actively practice communication with God? There are many that seek a way to commune with God. This communal communication has been happening for a very long time. I'm not just referring to prayer. There are other practices. Do you agree?
I have touched the hem of the garment of possibilities – and realized I am whole. I remember a miracle-in-the-moment from my own life. Serendipity is not just a marvelously insightful children’s book that taught me the meaning of a very complex word at a young, young age, it is the word I went on to use in a writing assignment to describe a new-found friend in the ninth grade. One of those introductions that never would have happened unless a teacher had asked you to turn to a stranger and share a little about yourself. And I can remember being so open in that moment – and glad to say I still know where to check in with that friend – even if it is remotely, and through Facebook. I refuse to see Facebook, or the Internet as insidious, or a place to flee from, in fear. As with any tool humankind creates, it is a great example of the microcosm of our yearning; a model of our capacity to create and connect just like I imagine the Divine creates in every moment. That is an ancient and a modern miracle. God's presence in our everyday experience is miraculous.
I was reading all the voluminous responses to a recent post at Samaritan's fringefaith.com asking, "Why did Jesus have to die?" Ingenious post, really. The blog's author doesn't answer the question as much as she leaves an opening for others to voice their opinions.
I have learned to stay open to all the messages a Divine Intelligence creates through individuals (certainly not just what I have come to understand through meditation). If I am going to have conviction in what spiritual contemplation promises, I don't want to limit myself to only what I feel is communicated from "the still small voice" just through me. Are you better attuned to seeing everyday miracles if you actively practice communication with God? There are many that seek a way to commune with God. This communal communication has been happening for a very long time. I'm not just referring to prayer. There are other practices. Do you agree?
I have touched the hem of the garment of possibilities – and realized I am whole. I remember a miracle-in-the-moment from my own life. Serendipity is not just a marvelously insightful children’s book that taught me the meaning of a very complex word at a young, young age, it is the word I went on to use in a writing assignment to describe a new-found friend in the ninth grade. One of those introductions that never would have happened unless a teacher had asked you to turn to a stranger and share a little about yourself. And I can remember being so open in that moment – and glad to say I still know where to check in with that friend – even if it is remotely, and through Facebook. I refuse to see Facebook, or the Internet as insidious, or a place to flee from, in fear. As with any tool humankind creates, it is a great example of the microcosm of our yearning; a model of our capacity to create and connect just like I imagine the Divine creates in every moment. That is an ancient and a modern miracle. God's presence in our everyday experience is miraculous.
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