“There are none so blind as those who will not see.”

It is a common expression that could apply to all of us as we seek to unravel the secrets of our existence. But perhaps it is most appropriately applied to those whose roots of belief are firmly planted in the rich soil of science and logic.

And it applies to all of us to some degree – believer and non-believer alike.

We are all prisoners of the world of science, logic, and personal experience that we have created. We are all blinded by the shadows of our ignorance and the glare of “common knowledge.” We are guilty of worshipping at the altar of our technology and mocking anything we cannot explain as “supernatural” mumbo-jumbo.

We look for proof clothed in miracles that meet our standards. Anything that fails to meet those standards, we dismiss with the shopworn phrase, “there must be a logical explanation.”

We are “those who will not see.”

Yet, logic, properly used, does have its place. If we set aside our doubts for a moment and use logic to analyze a passage from the Bible, it might reveal a path toward experiencing some of those hidden miracles.

“Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.”  Mark 10:14. The key element of that Bible quote is the phrase “for of such is the kingdom of God.”

If we apply an analytical filter to that phrase, we might recognize that the innocence of children makes them capable of believing things beyond their experience. It is the accumulated calluses of adulthood that blinds us to the miracles that surround us.

It is that blindness that prevents us from recognizing the miracles that surround us. Those miracles are hidden only in the sense that we cannot see through the veil of logic that we ourselves have woven.

From the smallest component of matter to the incalculable vastness of the universe, we are surrounded by miracles that are hidden by our self-imposed blindness. We are surrounded by evidence of the existence and works of God.

Perhaps the first step is to will ourselves to see. Perhaps we need to flip that phrase of the logical world – “I’ll believe it when I see it” and embrace the idea that “I’ll see it when I believe it.”