Dwindling Resources - Wonder

Dwindling Resources - Wonder

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. —Albert Einstein

I WAS DRIVING on autopilot while traveling home from south Texas. Since I know Interstate 35 so well, I set my cruise control and pointed the car due north. Over two hours later, I looked out the window and suddenly realized I had no idea where I was! Everything was flat (it was Texas after all), and one small town looked like the next (every town with a population less than five thousand has a Dairy Queen on the frontage road). I obliviously had been cruising along, missing signs of danger, but more importantly, signs of wonders, along the way.

If we’re not careful, we just might cruise through life this same way. Zoned out with our routine, mesmerized by safety, and dulled to the miracles all around us, it’s easy to live on autopilot—unless you have a young child in your life.

Watching my granddaughter reach out and wrap those chubby little fingers around a toy, I celebrate with her the miracle of our hands. Isn’t it amazing that we can think about it, reach for it, and put it in our mouth in a matter of seconds? Or better yet, isn’t learning new tricks at any age, a miracle? Girlfriends, let’s make a commitment to awaken our minds to the wonder of things yet to learn.

When Ava was crawling, I followed her around our apartment as we crawled on all fours, moving from room to room exploring Sugar and Pop’s new digs. I celebrated with her the miracle of arms and legs. Isn’t it amazing that we can desire to move to another location and our arms and legs go there with little effort? Or better yet, isn’t the spirit of adventure, at any age, a miracle? Girlfriends, let’s make a commitment to awaken our souls to the wonder of exploration.

Sitting nearby as Ava pulled up to the coffee table, I watched as she let go in a desire to walk to the window. I celebrate with her the miracle of free will. Isn’t it amazing that we can desire something that defies logic, go after it anyway, and fall down only to get up and try it again and again and again? Or better yet, isn’t focused determination at any age, a miracle? Girlfriends, let’s make a commitment to awaken our hearts to the wonder of the rewards of risk.

Let us not grow old to experiencing knowledge—imagine what we could do with these minds now coupled with maturity! Let us not become bored with adventure—imagine what things we might see with these eyes that are now wise. And let us never become complacent—satisfied only with holding on to the coffee table.

Then God said, “Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.” (Genesis 1:14-15)

Let’s never stop wondering at the wonder of it all.