Wonders in our Midst

It's amazing to me that we can go through life not seeing what is in our midst.  Is it because we're so focused on ourselves that we don't feel the need to take in what is around us?

Jesus was preaching in Capernaum and four men carrying a paralytic man who couldn't get through the crowds, carried this man on a stretcher up the side stairs to the roof, broke through the roof and lowered the man down so that Jesus would heal him.

Right there in the midst of this huge crowd a wonder, a miracle was performed.  What wonders are in your midst, either at work, in your family, in your yard or your neighborhood that you aren't realizing?

We get so focused on ourselves and our own agenda, we don't see everything.  We get so comfortable with the same friends and family that we can't go outside that comfort zone possibly seeing the wonder of someone else.

My husband, Martin, WAS like that.  Through 13 years of training, he's learned the lesson.  He came home from his last business trip and said "guess what I did?"  Have no idea, I said.  I talked to the lady next to me on the plane.  Really?  And?

Here's the wonder (I know you're wondering where I'm going?!):  He knew her name, her husband's name (David Richmond if you'd like to check it out), that he was being honored in SC.  That David was one of four black men that staged a sit in at the Woolworth's restaurant in Greensboro, SC in 1960 because he couldn't buy a cup of coffee.  He went on to graduate HS, set a state high jump record, left college with only 3 credits to go for a degree in business/accounting and sadly he died in 1990 at the age of 49 of lung cancer. 

Wow.  My husband sat next to a wonder.  Part of our country's  history.  That's amazing.  These history stories are what has made us this great and wonderful nation.

God bless each and every one of you with a wonder today.  Thank you honey for being willing to experience life to its fullest and share in the amazing things around you.