Easter and Miracles

For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. Colossians 1:16

So, have you seen the images from the Webb telescope? To say that they are amazing is a disservice to the word “amazing”. The Webb telescope is taking us back to almost the earliest days of creation- the “Big Bang” if you will. Those images show us the vastness and beauty of the creation of the universe.  If that is not a miracle, there isn’t one.

This universe did not just spontaneously come into being. There was a design for it from a timeframe that we cannot understand. That Creator, the God Almighty, laid out his design and spoke the universe into existence.

Easter is based on the premise of a miracle- the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. In my way of thinking, that is not very hard to fathom in light of the creation that Jesus was part of from the beginning of what we know of as “time”. God, of course, is timeless. He is not bound by our conception of time. The past, present, and future, as we know it, are all one with him. (Yeah, don’t spend a lot of time trying to figure that one out).

If God wanted a plan where Jesus would come to earth, live among his creation, then redeem it, and at the same time overcome death, that was a veritable piece of cake compared to the creation of life and the universe.

So yes, this Easter, revel in the miracle of the resurrection of Jesus, but it is just one of the miracles that God has shown to his creation.

Happy Easter!

Prayer: Lord, we thank you for the miracles that you bestow upon us! Amen