Yeah, decided that a hiatus is no fun. I’ve decided long ago when I first started this blog that I will strive to be a blessing to others, and busy or not busy, that is what I should do. So heck with my job. This blog has been neglected too long. (And I miss the opportunity to be a narcissistic person on my blog =P)
Anyway, the thing I am going to write is this : the smaller miracles.
Note : Beware of a long philosophical entry… You have been warned XD
I was listening to a short sermon during last week’s prayer meeting when I was jolted by this thought. The sermon was basically about the miracles that had happened during 40 years of Israel’s wandering in the dessert. 40 years without famine (because God fed them with manna). 40 years without their clothes being torn. And 40 years without their footwear being worn out. Funny how Israel needed a reminder like this to strengthened their faith in God. After all… Hello? This is the nation that saw how God divided the sea and this is the same nation that has seen God’s greatness through the Ten Plagues. What bigger proof would they need?
However, this is the one thing that Israel needed to be reminded of at that time : that He is forever faithful.
Reflecting back to my own life, I realize that I am in this hard hearted state, much like Israel at that period. Though I have seen His work on the cross (the Ten Plagues does not even comes to this), sometimes I need ‘miracles’ to ensure that He is still the same great God that redeemed me with His blood. Sometimes I would look up to the sky (or the ceiling if I’m indoors =P) and prayed silently, please God, send me a sign. Something miraculous and great so that I know.
It is always easier to concentrate on the ‘big’ things to see the greatness of God, forgetting all the while the ’smaller little miracles’ He does continuously every day in our live. Like Israel, somewhere along the way I forgot the steadfast work of His hand through the things I turned up took for granted. The food on the table. The clothes that I wear. The shoes I walk with. Those are only a small part of His providence without which I can’t do my activities. The small things like my hot shower in the morning, the late dinner I usually have when I am doing over time work, the blows of wind trough my bedroom window, and the chocolate milk I drink. His providence is there and everywhere. Small though they are to us, we never realize how great His sustenance in our life is until these things are taken away.
So friends… It was never the question of the big miracles in our lives. Sure thing, if God saves you from a fatal accident, He is faithful. But so is He when you can wake up in the morning, when you can reach your office/school safely, when you can get the chance to be evaluated (exam! *gasp*), when you can still talk to your parents, when you have friends, when you can still have a roof over your head. Sometimes it doesn’t take an A on our exam result or a pay rise to make us understand that.
Sometimes we can simply see that from the fact the we still have clothes to wear tomorrow.
