Weekly Message
What is the first thought that comes to mind when you read the word MIRACLES? Something from the past, something that happens to others, or maybe we have not spent much time considering it at all?
Walking through Copenhagen airport last week, I came across this wall with its encouraging slogan: Expect a miracle. The cynic among us may well say that the expectation is about the plane leaving on time and has nothing at all to do with God. The intention behind this cheerful piece of art is unknown to me. Still, it made me pause and ponder that, as Christians, we should expect miracles. Thinking about it, many of us can likely recall something in our lives that we would label as a miracle. The fact we woke this morning; the birth of a child; the providence of meeting someone who …; the kindness of a stranger in a terrible situation. Some things we take for granted, others we call chance, but maybe we should consider them as miracles, divine interventions. Expect a miracle and pray for them.
C. S. Lewis wrote a philosophical book entitled Miracles in 1947. Lewis defines a miracle as ‘an interference with Nature by a supernatural power’ (p. 5). In this book, Lewis writes about The Grand Miracle. That is the incarnation, God becoming man. Jesus Christ being one of
us, living among us, before dying and rising for us.
Expect a miracle. This slogan, on a wall in an international airport, which thousands must walk by, reminded me that God is far, far bigger than we think. It is so easy to underestimate God and belittle miracles. Still, they happen every day, every hour, every minute and every second.
Expect a miracle – and share them with others.
Blessings,
Helene
Rev'd Canon Dr Helene Steed
Walking through Copenhagen airport last week, I came across this wall with its encouraging slogan: Expect a miracle. The cynic among us may well say that the expectation is about the plane leaving on time and has nothing at all to do with God. The intention behind this cheerful piece of art is unknown to me. Still, it made me pause and ponder that, as Christians, we should expect miracles. Thinking about it, many of us can likely recall something in our lives that we would label as a miracle. The fact we woke this morning; the birth of a child; the providence of meeting someone who …; the kindness of a stranger in a terrible situation. Some things we take for granted, others we call chance, but maybe we should consider them as miracles, divine interventions. Expect a miracle and pray for them.
C. S. Lewis wrote a philosophical book entitled Miracles in 1947. Lewis defines a miracle as ‘an interference with Nature by a supernatural power’ (p. 5). In this book, Lewis writes about The Grand Miracle. That is the incarnation, God becoming man. Jesus Christ being one of
us, living among us, before dying and rising for us.
Expect a miracle. This slogan, on a wall in an international airport, which thousands must walk by, reminded me that God is far, far bigger than we think. It is so easy to underestimate God and belittle miracles. Still, they happen every day, every hour, every minute and every second.
Expect a miracle – and share them with others.
Blessings,
Helene
Rev'd Canon Dr Helene Steed
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