My beloved friend Mac sent me some notes in which a holy man is quoted as saying of God's will: "Nothing more. Nothing less. Nothing else." There. That's it. The answer, no matter the question.
For whatever reason, that reminds me of the time a friend of mine and I were on vacation in northern California. The day before we were to leave we asked about early morning traffic to the airport and were told it was always a parking lot, leave early.
We were scheduled to fly out at 7:00 AM, and, although we were not hours away, we were not right by the airport. This was a long time before the need to get to the airport two hours before flight time, but I thought we should leave the motel at 3:00 AM. My friend was less than excited at that but went along. Well, there was less traffic, going and coming, than one sees in Chillicothe, Ohio, on a Sunday morning. My friend was...not to belabor it, but her "less than excited" went ballistic.
And me? I was enchanted, delighted, thrilled from my toes to my nose! That was proof positive to me that if we work with God, God will "miraclize" us. It's like the old saw about the guy falling off a roof, praying for God to catch him. His overalls got caught on a nail, he was stopped, and said, "Never mind, God, this nail caught me."
My friend was having none of it. She could not wrap her mind around the fact that she could have slept another hour.
That's the entire how-to for having miracles in your life. See them. Just see them. Or maybe it's just the Simple Simon how-to version...whichever, it works.
Just give God all credit and quit kvetching is another way to put it.
Thank you.
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