Small miracles, big miracles, amazing miracles, mundane miracles.  How do we size a miracle? If I was to ask God to open doors for me so that my business would grow exponentially in two weeks, would that be a big miracle or a small one?

What is a miracle anyway? We use the word to describe an event that we could not possibly have influenced, brought to pass on our own and that could not be replicated (if we tried).  A small miracle therefore is a more ordinary event that we couldn’t have brought about, didn’t think could come about but which did come about anyway.  A big miracle would be an extraordinary event that fits the same bill.

If we could not replicate, bring about, design or influence a miracle should the ‘size’ matter?  Because if it does, then that would mean I should have degrees of gratitude (which I have anyway) for miracles.  If I got healed from a persistent headache and someone else got healed of a malignant tumor should we be equally grateful for our miracles?

I find myself recently re-evaluating my attitude towards God and His provision in my life because I have become very aware of the many things I take for granted.  Just because one miracle seemed commonplace and another not so common, I choose to react differently, with different levels of gratitude.  The truth is, if He didn’t come through with that little cash miraculously I couldn’t possibly have found a way to put food on the table that day.  If he hadn’t come through and healed her miraculously…..

I choose to be excited about the smallest things today.  It’s the least I expect from me.