My everyday miracles are the love of a savior, the daily companionship of my husband and the life of my son. It is so easy to look past these miracles, waiting for something of Biblical proportions to jump out of my life. An amazingly fulfilling job that pays the bills and allows us to move into a house with a huge wilderness in the backyard for my son to explore. The hard-hearted world to look to and turn to God for meaning and joy.
When I think of a miracle of Biblical proportions the one that comes to mind is the parting of the Red Sea. Moses was leading the Israelite nation out of Egypt after a succession of God interventions. They get to the sea with the Egyptian army chasing them and God comes through, allowing the people to pass to the other side on dry ground. (Story can be found in Exodus 13). The people then set up an alter to worship God and remember what he had done for them. The next part of the story is hard to read and I find myself yelling at the Israelites. "How could you forget what God did for you and where you came from so quickly?". For the people grumble and complain about the lack of food and water and end up making their own god to worship. But don't we all stumble into the sins of complaining and turning to idols for fulfillment. Forgetting the miracles of God, if we even recognize the miracle in the first place.
You may be wondering what this has to do with the movie Tron? For those that have not seen the newest edition to Tron this will not spoil anything, it is just my takeaway from the movie. Kevin Flynn, the creator behind some amazing computer programs, has found a way to go into a computer, what is called 'going on the grid'. That is his job to go to the grid and create a world with the hopes that some day this world will be able to interact, on a whole new level, with the outside 'real' world. Flynn loves the grid and one day something amazing happens while he is there. That is kinda the beginning of the movie and if I was to say more it would be ruined for all of you so allow me to get to the point. Through Flynn's journey of discovery in this other world he comes to realize that the miracle that is most amazing and important to him in his life is the one that has been right in front of him, his son. At the end of it all he would give up all of the other discoveries to be able to spend more time with his son.
What is the miracle that most changed the world? A baby being born. Through this babies life the whole world was saved and given the opportunity to have a relationship with the Creator. Only a few appreciated and even noticed this event in the beginning, the shepherds that came to worship and the wise men who came to give. That seems to be the way that the most meaningful miracles happen, noticed by few.
The definition of a miracle is; an event that seems impossible to explain by natural laws as so is regarded as supernatural in origin or an act of God, one that excites admiration or awe: wonder. I like the second definition the best. "One that excited admiration or awe: wonder". Most of the things that I think are wonderful in the everyday, the sun rising, my husband kissing me as he leaves for work, birds singing, the companionship of friends, could all be explained away through the natural laws of life. If you think of the ancient world that worship the sun they truly thought that it was a miraculous event when this great ball came up into the sky to provide warmth and light. For those that label themselves as hard to love or even unlovable, thinking of someone kissing them is a wonder. I could go on and on highlighting the wonders that God has placed into each of our lives. But let me end here with this one reminder from Kevin Flynn, don't miss out on the miracles of this world because you are caught up in the possibilities of another.
Check out the movie Tron here.
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