Religion (5), Miracles

"Those with exceptional ability have exceptional responsiblity." It's a tenet taught in some circles of society. The doctrine of those who can must. It is the people with some special talent or skill or opportunity. It may be nothing for them to do, but impossible for others. For those waiting outside the meeting place in the cold rain and wind the locked door presents an impassable obstacle. The janitor comes with the key, opens the door and lets all inside. He's the hero of the hour, but to him he just did what anybody with the key would do. Mundane, simple, unexciting.

People get excited about miracles. They are things we cannot do. Does God get excited. Is he amazed at what he was able to do. What is to us a miracle is just God acting, God doing. Whenever God acts, whenever he does, there is a miracle. I have mostly noticed two distinct human reactions to this. Some people are amazed at what God can do, like they didn't expect it, can't believe it would really happen. I think to them it's new, novel, weird, out of the ordinary. I don't think they see it a lot. There is another group that sees a miracle and takes it in stride. There reaction is something like, "What do you want to do for lunch?" I think this group considers miracles normal activity for God. Normal because they see it. Often. I think that's an indicator that God is in their life as a matter of routine. If you're around God often you see miracles often and it's the way things are. If you're surprised by miracles the, obviously, it's the way things aren't.