Miracles

I keep a notebook in Evernote called "Blog Ideas." In it are little kernels of thought that may or may not become actual posts.  I was looking through them today and found this:

Buechner: Faith in God is less apt to proceed from miracles than miracles from faith in God.

I'm assuming that is a quote from Frederick Buechner.  What do you think about it?

As I consider how I see the acts of God, I think it all begins with the faith that God can act.  When I think about that, then the idea that miracles can be seen when we have faith in God makes sense.  I contrast that with what Jesus said - that certain things happened so that others would have faith.

Maybe it all comes down to prevenient grace. We can see a miracle - an act of God - because grace has opened our hearts to the belief that God does act.  We can have faith when we see God at act because grace has opened our hearts to the belief that God does act. 

It is all from grace - we see God at work because God is at work.