There is a simple reason as to why magical things happen. They happen because we believe magical things can happen. Belief in the unbelievable can emerge from the most cynical of people if it follows a progression. Abraham received the word that he was going to receive a child. That was he seed planted by God. Before this, Abraham had made a son out of a steward. In Abraham’s mind, this was a done deal. There was no need in begging whatever god he served in Ur for what was not going to happen. He and Sarai were already old. What was the possibility that something truly wonderful and fulfilling happening to him in his old age. God then comes and plants a seed. The seed takes root and it is something that drives Abraham to do the unthinkable. He jumps up and leaves everyone he knows and strikes out for a place with no destination. He goes based on the belief, that God will give him something magical and wonderful in due season. Beliefs begin as seeds until they grow being watered by bits of evidence you collect along the way until it becomes an unmovable solid thing. It’s roots are so deep in your mind that no matter how you try to root it out and rebuke it to hell, it stays. I often have had those moments. I had no other aspiration in life other than to get a job and live in the “white folks” neighborhood. I did not strike out to become what I have become. Along the way, someone came along and planted a seed. That seed, I could not shake. I have tried to walk away and act like it was all a figment of my imagination, but it did not work. It is here and whether it is fulfilled or not, it won’t move. Maybe that is what God wanted in the first place.
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