Are You Lookin' For A Dead Guy?

 "So Jesus said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe." John 4:48 

As the rain and the humidity build up on the outside of our glass doors, I attempt to peek through the gaps to see the hummingbirds playing in the rapidly falling droplets. It tickles me, every time I see these tiny little titans, dodging, dancing, flirting and generally showing off in the rain. For one of the tiniest of our feathered beauties, it amazes me that they are one of the only birds who actively play in and genuinely love the wet weather. Each time I see them strut their stuff and barely look in the direction of the most recent cloud to ground lighting strike [or in this case, our neighbor's fence], I am just flat out amazed at the miracle I have just witnessed. Seriously, how could you watch this amazing acrobat and NOT just be amazed at the wonders of God?

Image: Edd Sorenson © scubadiving.com 

Miles and miles away from here, where I enjoy our Florida afternoon thunder storms, in 2018 a man by the name of Edd Sorenson entered some pretty hairy cave diving conditions in a foreign country, in order to retrieve some lost divers therein. He had flown a series of emergency miles in order to be there for the specific purpose of actually going in to a completely new-to-him cave system, virtually unmapped but for some stick drawings, in order to get the bodies back to their families. Not a fun situation to be in, especially knowing so many, many people have pinned all of their hopes on him, Edd, a perfect stranger from a different country.

He had already recovered two. Back into the systm to find the third, Edd discovered the shimmer of an air pocket on the surface of his dark environment. Carefully, Edd began to reach up and around in the darkness to test out the dimensions of the air pocket, and, of course, to reach for any divers that may have floated to the top. Popping his head up into the small space, from directly behind him he hears, "are you looking for a dead guy?"

Image: Edd Sorenson © kissrebreathers.com

Edd, jumped and breathed out "DON'T do that!" Obviously, he WAS indeed, looking for a dead guy and so was extremely startled when said guy spoke to him. It was now a cave rescue and no longer a recovery.

For non cave divers or SCUBA divers in general, this is a complete miracle. Sure, it DOES happen that a recovery diver is surprised with a rescue instead, but it is so very rare and in my view - again, a non diver, there can really be no other word to describe this turn of events. It's a miracle the lost diver found an air pocket with sufficient air to sustain him in a cave filled with gross stuff. It's a miracle that the recovery diver found the exact same air pocket in time to meet up with a very living lost person.

Just .... HOW?

There are MIRACLES every single day, all around us. Jesus told us, you won't believe unless you're faced with a situation in which you have no other choice but to see the truth in front of you. He was right, of course. We are a very skeptical species. After years and years of dealing with each other and learning that if it sounds too good to be true, it probably IS ... we have come even farther away from FAITH than did our predecessors when it comes to believing in anything we can physically see or explain. [Thank you, Science?] It truly amazes me how far we really have drifted away from Faith in anything, in particular, faith of any kind in our Creator - WHO by the way - has NEVER moved or changed. Miracles still happen, all the time. But we, sadly, are no longer amazed. We are no longer looking for nor are we willing to accept miracles when we see them. It makes me sad.

Image: Quantam Heroes © ActionHub

So I wanted to point this one out. God is still in the Miracle business. Can you find them? Have you seen any miracles in your life lately?

I have. I should make a greater point to share them, no?