The
life of one may seem insignificant to another and ditto for the events in said
life. But when viewed with an uncommon vision,
how wonderful those events can be!
A
friend reminded me of this the other day.
She pointed out that when a hungry child begs, it does so with hope. And
when a handout (particularly of the edible kind) answers that ‘prayer’, for
that child it is a miracle.
Then
take the events in my own not so insignificant life (that’s my opinion!).
A
rat had found its way into my home thanks to the climbing frame of pipes outside
my window. I did my best to evict it,
but all efforts at polite persuasion failed to work. I turned to the Lord – the rat may be part
of God’s creation but it is one part that I could do without. I told Him so.
And then the ‘trap’, which had not worked till my fervent plea, held my furry
enemy within its sticky grip. I offered thanks and got the watchman to place
the rat in its rightful place in the food chain (yes, my opinion again).
When
it rains heavily, one room is awash thanks to some destructive repair
work. I get down on hands and knees and
change the ‘flood’ to ‘merely damp floor’ and offer thanks that I am still
limber enough to grapple with the task.
Then it rained heavily for two consecutive days and I sent up an ‘admonition’
– how much strenuous exercise is a little old lady supposed to indulge in? Yes,
the room remained bone dry! A miracle? For me, definitely!
I
was raised to be polite and I believe in saying ‘Thank You’. Pouring rain is however quite a deterrent to
stepping out even to visit the House of God.
I rose, I ‘shined’ and donned my waterproof, with a little bit of ‘should
I, shouldn’t I’ turning over in my mind.
The pour turned to a drip! Just for me? I guess so and for all those
others who turned up for morning Mass - a time to share praise and worship,
expectation and thanks. A time of reinforced faith in a time that breeds
despair.
The
smallest, most insignificant of positives can add up to make one realise that
miracles happen when we pray. Dare we
ask for even bigger things? Like ‘peace’? Like ‘no child hungry’? Like ‘a love
that makes the whole world one family’?
I
dare! How about you?
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