When I first opened my eyes this morning, sunlight was streaming into our bedroom warm and smooth, molten, kinetic. The walls were pulsing with that wonderful early morning sheen, thick with golden light, and then in a moment it was gone. Slipped away in the cleaner white light of day. A rare moment captured.
Then a little bit later when Handsome and I stepped outside with our mugs of perfect coffee, ushering the chickens and geese out of their nighttime coop and tiptoeing towards Hot Tub Summit, we caught another rare moment. The east pasture and middle yard were capped with a thin blanket of wooly fog, rolled out like a blanket no more than twelve or fifteen feet above the ground. Through that fog, more sunlight streaming fiercely, joyously, making every tree branch come to life despite their dormancy. The backlit fog was stunning. And then it was gone, burned off in the warming rays.
These moments were brief but breathtaking, and I am so happy we both got to see them.
Miracles have been happening in our life. Always, yes I know. Life itself is a miracle. But friends… Miracles have been happening. Some of them have been direct answers to prayers, often desperate ones. Many of these prayers are several years old, too. Other miracles have been complete surprises, wonderful doses of saving grace from near tragedy or windfall joy out of the blue.
I try to move slowly through my days whenever possible so I can notice the details of life more fully, absorb them, and magnify the Light streaming in that gilds everything. Ann Voskamp illustrates this discipline beautifully. Besides making the days more lovely, this also serves to calm me with those yet unanswered prayers. I feel steady and sure, confident in the powerful Love surrounding us.
Today I barely feel the need to ask for anything more because the momentum of miracles in our life is so strong, so kinetic. But we are invited to ask largely, so I will. Before that though, and after it and all day every day, my prayer is Thank You. Thank you, and I trust You. I trust you with everything big and small, seen and unseen. Thank You.
Are you seeing miracles in your life right now? Do you need a miracle? They are certainly available, and you don’t have to deserve them to receive them. But you do have to ask and trust.
Wishing you a really gorgeous, happy, love-filled Sunday. Handsome and I are soon heading back outside to soak up more unseasonably warm temperatures (Oklahoma still thinks it April, not February) and see what new miracles are on the horizon. Thank you so much for stopping in.
Thank You.
Thank You and I trust You.
XOXOXO
BW says
I am looking at one right now. ANF
thelazyw says
always now and forever.
Rose Marie B says
Just the other night, when the moon was peeking just above the horizon in all her gorgeous pink fullness, I stepped onto the roof of my parking garage to go home and gasped. Not a big dramatic gasp, but a quiet personal almost-hiccup kind of gasp at the lunar beauty staring at me from the eastern sky. I was almost embarrassed by childish delight, I mean really, I see the moon like this every month. But I caught myself and silently thanked the heavens, not only for the miracle of the moon but for the continued joy and wonder that she brings to me.
thelazyw says
I sense more and more magic with the moon these days. I wonder why. And it doesn’t surprise me a bit that you do, too. How wonderful, this moment! Her pink fullness, I love that. No need to be embarrassed by childlike joy. Love you Rose. xoxo
Heather says
I love that C.S. Lewis quote. As for miracles of late, you have me wondering if I’m paying enough attention. A good reminder…
thelazyw says
I bet you notice plenty. xoxo Thank you Heather!