Small Miracles Overlooked

Thousands of people crowded at the Washington mall for the fireworks. The wait took us several hours. The view took us only half an hour.

Jesus did his first miracle at the Cana and turned water into wine. The wait took him 30 years. The ministry took him 3 years.

The wait at the mall may be a bit boring if we came unprepared. We ate watermelon with seeds. After a while our chat turned in silence. The silence was interupted by fellows behind us who noticed my 2ndthief vest. They hold their thumbs up and told me to turn around for the others to see! We reposition to include them into the circle. We learned that African often eat 2 oz of watermelon, and it was enough to survive without water. Amazing! They are thrilled to learn that National Community Church aims to expand our 12 mission trips to 52 a year. They hoped that they could bump into us in one of the trip. Thus the wait was for more than fireworks at the mall!

It took Jesus' ministry 30 years of wait before it began. He will never experience miracles if he hadn't studied Scriptures and grow grace upon grace as he applied Scriptures daily. He was 12 when he impressed the teachers at the Temple. It was one of his first miracles before the Cana when he turned water into wine. Thus his mother knew what to do and she told the servants to listen to him. It was much more than his 3 years of ministry.

We often overlooked small miracles in miracles that we earnestly waited for.