“What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when you bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen. -Henry David Thoreau
What is a miracle? I once heard someone say: “We live on a blue planet, that circles around a ball of fire, next to a moon that moves the sea…and you don’t believe in miracles?” Einstein said, “There are two ways to live your life. One is though nothing is a miracle, the other is though everything is a miracle.”
I happen to believe in miracles…great and small. Miracles are an extension of perfect love. I overcame very adverse circumstances because of an abundance of grace on my life. The grace to overcome was a miracle. If we humans are relational creatures and I believe that we are, then it can be reasoned that every one of our gifts are meant to be used in relation to one another. Grace, insurmountable grace is one of the greatest gifts God has given to me. Every time I choose to walk in grace and love toward another human being, I operate in the miraculous.
What strengths have you gained through your hardship? What do you have to give to the world? Do not think for one second that you have nothing to give, because everyone does. Even in the scientific community conception and a healthy pregnancy are considered miraculous. Did you know that the chances of conceiving for an optimal, healthy, fertile couple are only about one in five every month? One statistic estimates that somewhere between 60%-80% of embryos are simply flushed out unnoticed in a woman’s menstrual cycle because of complications to implant in the uterus. Believe it or not, YOU are a miracle! Stop judging yourself so harshly.
Your past…your history…are just that…history. Over and gone. You cannot go back and as you know, there are no re-dos. What you can do is move forward one step at a time and one day at a time. You can choose to NEVER GIVE UP! That is also a miracle. Be realistic you say? I am being very realistic. I live on a blue planet, that circles around a ball of fire, next to a moon that moves the sea, and I expect to see miracles made manifest in my life and in the lives of my loved ones. I choose love when it feels like it’s too hard, hopeless, scary, frustrating and even when I’m no good at loving. My choices to love despite what is going on around me creates fertile soil for miracles to grow and gratitude is the rain that waters the little seedlings of the miraculous inside my soul.
I beat the odds. I am not “statistically” what I should be. I made it. If I can make it, then so can you.
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