I’ve been pondering a thought for a while about my strong desire to see the miraculous. I think that perhaps I lost sight of something.
That is, that the Kingdom of God does not only breakthrough to Earth in things we perceive as miraculous.
It also is coming every time someone is saved, or any number of other more natural seeming events. And for me focusing on the “cool” factor of the miraculous is wasting energy if I’m not being bold with my more ‘natural’ part of witnessing.
I can’t help but think for a while now I’ve just wanted to see someone raised from the dead cuz it would be cool, or have their leg or teeth grow back, or something cool like that. But instead maybe evangelism is something I should focus more on. And I think if my ass is on the line more, the more likely I am to see crazy stuff if I ask for it.
That would be cool.
Also, I want to write about what I read from CT mag. that Mike posted about. It was interesting, though not entirely surprising, and I have a few thoughts…but that is for later.
harambee78 says
Since I started to really believe in “miracles” (about seven or so years ago), I have also had the conviction that there is no qualitative difference between the supernatural and the natural. I honestly think that when someone is healed through years of therapy, it is just as miraculous as when someone is healed through ten minutes of prayer.
restoration86 says
awwww yeah
ca_chick says
🙂 I don’t have any inspiring words or nothing…but i am glad this is finally coming through. And i rather agree with harambee78. If it took Lauren’s mom 10 more years to get healed, it would not be any less miraculous to me than if it took her 5 minutes. I just don’t have the faith for either. (Not entirely true…but almost.)
divisionbyzero1 says
You know, I heard a really good homily on this stuff last week and I was going to share it on my LJ, but I haven’t gotten around to it.
Suffice it to say here, I think many people focus on the extraordinary and ignore the ordinary. As has been pointed out, the ordinary is every bit as awesome as the extraordinary.
dk_siberian says
Except that they have totally different demonstrational results.
harambee78 says
I don’t know what “demonstrational results” are.
dk_siberian says
A supernatural healing demonstrates something about the supernatural world. A natural healing demonstrates something about the natural world. To people who are already Christians, like yourself, that might make no difference. To those who are not, they might make a world of difference. That’s what I mean by “demonstrational results”. Acts demonstrate things.
On another line of thought, there might be a huge qualitative difference to the person being healed. If they have to suffer through years of struggle and therapy when ten minutes might have changed their life, I can imagine them having an opinion on the matter. Conversely, think about how grateful that person might be for being healed and not having to go through years of therapy. Furthermore, when you consider that there are still plenty of physical or psychological conditions for which there are no natural “cure” besides maintenace/medication, the supernatural intervention of God may spare a person years of pain.
There is a difference, and they are both of value. I will pursue the one which is available for me to pass on to others.