You woke up this morning.
For many of us, that in itself, is a miracle, and we recognize it as such. Maybe you are suffering from a disease that promises to end your days. Maybe you drank too much, took too many drugs, or just plain neglected your health. If any of those conditions describe you, then truly, each day you open your eyes to a new sunrise is a miracle.
And, if none of those conditions apply to you, it’s still a miracle.
Most of us never really analyze the basic functioning of our own bodies. Even fewer of us will recognize the miracles we experience on a daily basis, and recognize the logic that only a Power beyond our comprehension could engineer a self-sustaining organism such as a human body.
To quote from the book “Faithful Logic, Logical Faith:”
Our grasp of basic scientific principles and our foundation of logical thought was established during our high school education. Yes, most of us went on to gain additional education and training in job-specific areas. But the basic concepts that allow us to reason, understand (to some degree) the science that permeates our everyday lives came from those critical educational years. And therein lies the problem.
We studied chemistry, biology and perhaps, physics. We probably had a touch of geology, astronomy and the history of scientific development. Finally, we were exposed to the mother lode, the bedrock of all science and logic – mathematics. Whatever we missed in that critical time, we picked up in bits and pieces over the years watching the History Channel and similar programs. Gradually, we developed the habit of viewing our existence via the “scientific method.”
Unfortunately, it is that very science training and education that blinds us to the simplest of miracles.
When you awoke this morning, you transitioned from a sleep state to a conscious state without any intentional effort (okay, maybe a little help from that morning cup of coffee). All your senses, which had pretty much been in stand-by mode, came on line. You could taste that coffee, see the morning rays of sun, hear the birds celebrating another day, and feel the morning chill.
A few hours earlier, when you retired for the night, just the opposite occurred. One by one, all your senses went into idle. Yet, they were still functional. The sound of the wind or the patter of rain on the window was ignored. But if your child screamed out from a nightmare, you would be instantly awake.
While you slept, your body temperature adjusted, your breathing continued, and your body refreshed and replenished itself. Your mind tuned out distractions and turned into itself to process dreams.
All those things occurred without any conscious effort on your part.
And then you awoke.
While contemporary science may have developed rechargeable batteries and robotic machines, mankind has yet to create a machine that is self-aware, replenishes its own power supply, and automatically recycles itself day after day for decades. So far, that is exclusive to God.
To anyone who denies that miracles occur, I say, “think again.” We each experience these miracles day after day, year after year, for a lifetime. And that is a miracle.
(If you would like to more fully explore the reasons that faith can be proven by logic, we encourage you to investigate the book “Faithful Logic, Logical Faith” – click HERE.)