14. HUMAN SENSES AND MIRACLES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, PART OF MY PROBLEM WITH THE WHOLE GOD THING WAS THAT I WANTED TO FEEL GOD OR SEE GOD WITH MY SENSES. WHAT I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND NOW IS THAT I CAN'T SEE A MIRACLE BEFORE OR AS IT HAPPENS, ONLY AFTER IT HAPPENS. THE ONLY WAY TO SEE MIRACLES IS TO REFLECT ON MINUTES, DAYS, MONTHS, OR YEARS PAST, LOOKING FOR GOD'S ACTIONS IN OUR LIVES. OUR HINDSIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20. UNFORTUNATELY, HUMANS HAVE NO SENSORY ORGANS FOR SPIRITUALITY. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN PERCEIVE GOD IS TO LOOK FOR THE EFFECTS OF GOD'S ACTIONS. THESE EFFECTS CAN BE CALLED MIRACLES OR GOD INSTANCES. I BELIEVE GOD USED TO DO BIG MIRACLES WITH A BIG "M." NOW, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE GOD ONLY DOES LITTLE MIRACLES WITH A LITTLE "M." I THINK THE REASON GOD ONLY DOES LITTLE MIRACLES NOW IS THAT WE HUMANS HAVE BECOME JADED AND SO WE EACH WANT THE BIG "M" MIRACLES AND WILL ONLY BELIEVE IN GOD IF EACH ONE OF US GETS A BIG MIRACLE. THIS IS WHAT I CALL THE GREATEST POSSIBLE CAUSE WITH THE LEAST POSSIBLE EFFECT ON ALL HUMANITY'S BELIEF SYSTEM. I BELIEVE GOD HAS CHANGED ITS APPROACH TO USING GOD INSTANCES, WHICH I THINK OF AS THE LEAST POSSIBLE CAUSE TO GET THE GREATEST POSSIBLE EFFECT ON A HUMAN'S BELIEF SYSTEM. THEREFORE, WE NOW HAVE LITTLE "M" MIRACLES OR GOD INSTANCES, NOT THE BIG "M" MIRACLES OF THE BIBLE. GOD CAN'T PART THE RED SEA FOR EVERYONE OF US, BUT, IT DOES WORK IN EACH OF OUR LIVES AND WE CAN SEE THAT IF WE LOOK FOR ITS (GOD INSTANCES) HANDIWORK AROUND US.