Last month a woman in suburban Burbank made headlines by claiming that an image of the Virgin Mary appears on the underside of her pet turtle.
While I'll let you judge this turtle for yourself, for me this brings back fond memories of other "miraculous" sightings...
Also last month, workers in a chocolate factor found a column of chocolate drippings in the shape of Mary...
Do you remember the image of Mary on the Fullerton Ave. underpass of the Kennedy last year?
Then there was the grilled cheese Mary sold on eBay for $28,000...
And the Mother Teresa cinnamon bun, aka the "Nun Bun"...
And the Jesus fish stick...
And the Jesus that appeared on the side of a Presbyterian church (yes, a Presbyterian church) in Bradenton, Florida after a pressure washing ...
And countless Jesus tortillas over the years...
Now, whether or not these are hoaxes, strange coincidences, or the power of an omnipresent God breaking into the mundane corners of creation, I don't know. What I do know is that these things happen all the time and that some people really believe in them. It gives them hope and inspires faith.
But what is faith? Is it finding "proof" of God's existence in philosophy, well-crafted arguments, the wonders of creation, or a fish stick?
God is here; I have no doubt about that. But oftentimes, I think we look for God in all the wrong places.
Where do you see God in your life?
2 comments:
I see god mainly in church and in the bible. If I were to see him in other places it would probably be in dreams. One thing I know is that if I saw Jesus or Mary in a taco or fishstick etc. I'd call it coincidence.
OMG i found something in my christmas decorations that looked like mary praying i lost it tho...
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