“Life is more mysterious and miraculous than we can imagine. Truth be told? Most of us take everyday miracles for granted. This book is about taking them for gratitude. Why is that so important? Because whatever you don’t turn into praise turns into pride. It doesn’t just rob God of the glory He deserves; it steals our joy.”- Mark Batterson
“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light.”- Genesis 1:3 (NIV)
In his Prologue (“A Million Little Miracles”) to A Million Little Miracles: Rediscover the God Who is Bigger Than Big, Closer Than Close, and Gooder Than Good, Mark Batterson observes that he knows people who claim they’ve never experienced a miracle. With due respect, Mark counters, you never have not. Because, in fact, you are one.
For example, before conception you existed as an egg in your mother’s ovaries. An ovum that measured one-tenth of one millimeter. One of more than a million eggs that formed in your mother’s ovaries while she grew in her mother’s womb.
Therefore, Pastor Batterson asks us to stop and think about this. That the miracle of conception mirrors the miracle of creation. Certainly, not a coincidence. In your conception, God said all over again, “Let there be you.”
Above all, your uniqueness testifies to the God who made you. Hence, no one else has your fingerprint, voiceprint, eyeprint, or even your sweatprint.
Fun fact: 373 chemicals compose sweat. And they combine in you in a way that makes your sweat unlike anyone else’s.
In conclusion, Mark underscores:
“It’s not only God’s mercies that are new every morning. It’s the miracles. Every day, without exception, we experience miracles big and small, visible and invisible, tangible and intangible. . . .
When was the last time you thanked God for keeping us in orbit? For most of us, the answer is never. . . . Why? Because God is so good at what God does that we take most miracles for granted.”
Today’s question: Do you tend to take miracles for gratitude or for granted? Please share.
Tomorrow’s blog: “The mundane and the miraculous”