Some Thoughts

I woke up this morning thinking about Divine Intervention.

I recently wrote an email with the following sentence: “…in celebration of this extravaganza of divine intervention…” referring to a good friend’s engagement to a wonderful and amazing woman of God. I kind of felt bad after sending it, because he’s an amazing man of God also.

Then I thought that, since none of us ever deserve anything good, anything and everything good that happens to us is the result of God’s mercies (that are “new every morning”). My professor used to say that “we only get one of two things from God: what we deserve, or better.” That’s divine intervention. Then I thought, “when was the last time I experienced direct divine intervention in my life?”

Then I thought about the fact that God not only made the world and everything in it, that he also (according to Peter) keeps things made – meaning that, without his active sustaining of his creation, it would vanish into nothingness. Meaning, that the result of direct divine intervention in my life is my continued existence. My heart just beat again – Divine Intervention. My autonomic (or whatever) functions are still functioning autonomically – I’m breathing, digesting, thinking, seeing, feeling, smelling – Divine Intervention.

When I make a desk or workbench out of wood, I only have to make it once – then I’m done. But it’s different with the wood itself – it stays in being because God upholds it “by that same word.” (I suppose that means we’re a bit “high maintenance.”)

This morning I was thankful that I am still here – that by direct divine intervention I continue to exist – by God’s feeding me another breath and by him holding my heart in his hand and causing it to beat again, I still am. And I’m thankful that everything good that comes to me – lunch, sunlight, sight to see the sunlight or what the sunlight reveals, my next breath – these are all good things, and these are all the result of divine intervention in my life – and God does nothing without purpose.

I think my good friend finding “a virtuous wife [to be]” is a good thing, and therefore from God, and therefore…the result of direct divine intervention in his life and hers. “Every good and perfect gift comes from above…”

So…I’m thankful today for direct Divine Intervention in my life. But there’s another level of Divine Intervention, for which I think I’m evenmore grateful. But that’s for tomorrow.

just a (thankful) thought.