Do You Believe In Miracles?

On the morning of the eighth day after planting, I checked my kitchen windowsill.  Much to my amazement, tiny green shoots had popped up from the soil.  They were bent over, with tiny leaves formed in a ball that would straighten and reach for the sunlight over the next few days.

Now, I’m sure scientists can explain the phenomenon as to why and how this happened. The dormant seeds contain DNA. When placed in soil and properly watered, the dormant DNA “wakes up” and the seed begins to root and grow upward. Solar energy warms the soil and photosynthesis begins once the shoots are out of the soil, allowing the plant to grow to maturity. But no matter how you explain it, to me, what I witnessed was a miracle. It many have been an “everyday” miracle, but nonetheless, still a miracle.

Oftentimes we take these “everyday” miracles for granted.  The birth of a baby, the sun rises and the sun sets, the changing of the seasons and the cycle of life are examples of wondrous events that surround us daily.

We live in perilous times.  Americans are worried about ongoing wars, terror threats to our homeland, nuclear threats from rogue nations, a weak economy, and weaker political leadership and on and on.  But somehow it is comforting to know that, no matter what happens, the sun will rise tomorrow, babies will still be born and flowers will bloom in the spring.  Miracles do happen. Sometimes we just have to open our eyes.