Lesson 1 – A Life of Miracles

[Amanda]

I had never really considered it before, but I suppose that my default in life has become a life without miracles. Miracles are not something that I’ve ever prayed for or even really considered to be possible for me, though I have prayed for them for others. I feel like I still hold on to so much of the skepticism that I picked up as an atheist that it’s become a habit, almost, to deny myself of a lot of spiritual experiences. Only now it’s that I refuse miracles for myself not because I find them fundamentally implausible, but because I find myself to be so fundamentally unworthy of encountering them.

I think to truly experience a life filled with miracles, I need to do a few things. It’s not one simple change that needs to be made within me, it’s more akin to one of those rubber band balls that needs to be unraveled. First and foremost, I need to change my frame of mind. I need to search my past for evidence of miracles that are certainly there. I need to strengthen my identity in Christ and continue to grow in my relationship with the Lord. I need to stop isolating myself from others and put my faith into action. Those are probably my largest hurdles, but I’m sure I could go on. What does it all have in common? I need to make peace with discomfort.