Often in random conversations, a person might be overheard saying, “Well, unless a miracle comes, this is going to be bad.” or “Unless a miracle happens, we will never be able to stay,” or “Unless a miracle pops in out of no where, we will never win.” People like to hypothesis about something super-natural intervening in their troubles. There are times when the normal course of events seems to lead to a loss or uninvited end, and there are other times where it seems that the entire situation changes on a dime. One matter is altered, and the other matter goes the way one anticipates it will go. So, what happens when all the praying, crying, begging, pleading, and actions work to no avail? What happens when miracles don't come?
The aftermath of a miracle not coming is really determined by the magnitude of the loss. Suppose it is a little league baseball game. All the players on the team that is losing are looking for a miracle, but the loss comes anyway, and the team goes on to play another day. But what if the miracle doesn't come for someone who is dying? Then the difficulty in continuing to play another day is a different matter altogether. The seriousness of the event often determines the response when the miracle doesn't arrive.
Since miracles are by their very nature something that occurs that is “super” natural, beyond natural, outside of the natural realm, is there really any control over when or where they will occur? Does anyone actually decide which one receives a miracle and which one doesn't? If a person thinks it through, then he or she will probably come to the conclusion that since miracles do occur beyond the natural, then so would the determination of them, and should that be true, then the only hope for a miracle interrupting the normal course of things would be to plead with the one who decides and live with the decision that is made.
Until tomorrow...Why Say More?
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