Father,

It is evident that Your miracles are at work in our world. It is the transformation of things by a hand that is unseen through a wind that blows where it chooses. We are born of the spirit, not just flesh. You connected Heaven to Earth when you sent Your Son here to occupy our world. Your love for us goes far beyond mere kindness. You sent the most precious thing to you, Your Son, here to embody our humanness and bless us with his Spirit. To give us guidance to sort through and to teach us when it is time to take a stand and when it is time to turn the other cheek. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.” (John 3:16)

The seeds of his presence here have flourished into the miracle of our world being lifted out of darkness, so that eternal life may be made manifest right now. We have been transformed into eternal beings and that gives us very good reason to see the glass as half full. Bless us with the perspective that is fertile and provides his work the support and nourishment for his miracles to keep going and growing. “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” (John 3:17)

When it snows, our world is transformed into a magical wonderland. When it rains, all the plants seem to sing with joy. The sun rises with sweet promise of a gifted new day. When we take Your Hand, Father, and choose to see the gifts of creation with gladness, we are alive with everything that flows with the wind of the Spirit, and eternal. “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:8) So it is with Your miracles at work, and so it is for us to be born of Spirit as Your Children, because He lives.