The crowds searched for Jesus, hoping for another miracle.
The people search him out, seeking a miraculous sign.* Or rather, seeking yet another sign. And another. And then, maybe another, if you don’t mind. We keep asking for more and more of what we already have. We want to see again what we have been shown and find again what we have been given.
We ask for greater understanding, for more meaningful work to do and better people with whom to journey. We ask to be empowered, fulfilled and blessed. More. Again. Meanwhile, we fail to see that everything we need has already been given.
We have unlimited access to the unfailing Love that creates this universe. We have been allotted just the right amounts of giftedness and have been just the right failures to now be and do all that we are meant to be and do. We even have been given companions for the journey so numerous we have yet to meet them all!
We already live in the shadow cast by so many blessings heaped upon blessings. This is the miraculous sign. We need no other. No one who comes to Jesus will ever hunger or thirst again. Whether or not we see it or believe it, the miracle is radical abundance, enough for all.
–Kayla McClurg, Passage By Passage, Year B
- What miracles have I already witnessed?
- What is still on my secret wish list?
- Am I at ease yet with having just enough?
