Thursday’s Devotion: Miracles – Ordinary and Otherwise

1 Corinthians 12:28  Here are some of the parts God has appointed for the church: first are apostles, second are prophets, third are teachers, then those who do miracles, those who have the gift of healing, those who can help others, those who have the gift of leadership, those who speak in unknown languages.

In a recent email Terry Teykl related that some years ago he went to a hospital to pray for a man in the last stages of cancer at the request of one of his church members. It was obvious death was near but Terry prayed a perfunctory prayer and left. The next day when he called the hospital to see if the man had died he was told that the man had gone home.  Teykl contacted him and the young man said that after he prayed a man in a white robe appeared and healed him.  We may not have such things happen to us but we encounter ordinary miracles every day.  There are actually two popular songs about ordinary miracles.  In Ordinary Miracle Sara McLaughlin sings, “The sky knows when it’s time to snow. Don't need to teach a seed to grow.  It's just another ordinary miracle today.  Life is like a gift they say wrapped up for you every day;  Open up and find a way to give some of your own.”   In Ordinary Miracles Barbara Streisand sings these beautiful lyrics, “Ordinary miracles happen all around.  Just by giving and receiving comes belonging and believing.  Every sun that rises never rose before.  Each new day leads the way through a different door, and we can all be quiet heroes living quiet days, walking through the world changing it in quiet ways. Ordinary miracles like candles in the dark, each and every one of us lights a spark.” I’m thankful for the miracles of nature and the people who quietly perform ordinary miracles each day. One of those might be you.

Holy God, the ways of the world are vast and constantly changing. We know that you remain steadfast leading us through each day like a beacon.  Help us to perform ordinary miracles along the way.  In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.

Have a blessed day,

Paige