Our baseline reality is that of the miraculous. How did I arrive at this assertion? It began in Sunday school, where I learned that God created the universe and all within it, including humanity. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). I also learned that God created this world for us so that we might experience joy. Men are, that they might have joy (2 Nephi 2:25). How loving God must be to have created such a beautiful place, ultimately designed for our happiness!
As a child, I marveled at the miraculous power God wielded to bring such wonders into existence but soon thought where did God come from? No one could provide me with a satisfying answer, so I actively chose to have faith, faith that miracles exist whether or not we understand them. In fact, most we do not.
Naturally, I still longed to know where God began, ultimately concluding that my mortal mind would never fully grasp such a mystery, and so my faith had to grow. I realized that God must be received as a wondrous and astonishing miracle perhaps the greatest miracle of all yet one that does not readily reveal itself to human understanding.
If God is a miracle of universal proportions, would it not follow that we, His most significant creation, embody that miracle as well? Even in our most ordinary, mundane circumstances, we are, indeed, miracles.
Lets now take a closer look at Gods specific miracles, beginning with those found in the Scriptures. When Christ came to earth as God in the flesh, He was born to a humble, unsuspecting virgin, who brought him forth as the Savior of all humanity (Luke 1:26-38). Miracle! During his ministry, Jesus multiplied food, turned water into wine, and even raised the dead. Miracles! Most profoundly, perhaps, He transformed human hearts, turning condemnation into mercy, as seen when he forgave the woman caught in adultery (John 8:3-11). Miracle!
Gods miracles are ever-present now, from quiet answered prayers, to natures grandeur, to dramatic events of divine intervention. In addition, advances in medicine and science, peace after bitter conflict, and unlikely unity testify that miracles surround us.
As I alluded to earlier, simply existing is, in fact, miraculous. Each of us is a living testimony of Gods handiwork. But do we receive these mortal miracles in our daily lives with the same reverence we afford Christs sacred miracles?
How about an experiment? The next time you greet someone, instead of the usual How are you? try asking, What miracles have you experienced lately? or How have you expressed your miraculous nature this week? While this conversation shift might initially feel awkward, imagine the change in perspective we might see in our relationships; immediately we would begin to view our brothers and sisters as they truly are divinely miraculous!
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