The Day After the Miracle
Most of us spend a great deal of our lives waiting for miracles. We pray for healing. We pray for answers. We pray for breakthroughs. We pray for circumstances to change. We imagine what life will look like once God finally moves in the way we have been asking Him to move. We tell ourselves that peace will come after the diagnosis improves, after the financial burden eases, after the relationship heals, after the prayer is answered. There is nothing wrong with hoping for miracles. In fact, hope is one of the greatest gifts God gives us. But as I have walked through some of life's most difficult seasons, I have begun to wonder if we sometimes overlook another kind of miracle. What about the faithfulness required on the day after the miracle? What about the ordinary days that make up most of our lives? What about the mornings when the answer has not come yet? What about the afternoons filled with appointments, responsibilities, paperwork, and uncertainty? What about the evenings when...