Working Anonymously

We have all experienced “miracles” in our lives. We have needed money and the phone rang or a letter arrived and source was provided or we were thinking of someone and the phone rang and it was either them or someone who knew of them, bringing unprompted news or we turned a corner and there they were. Some difficulty arises and it either fades away or turns miraculously into something positive.

Are these occurrences “an answer to a prayer” or simply “coincidence?” It matters little, for Coincidence is just God working anonymously. Perhaps the most difficult part of this is why sometimes it happens and other times seemingly not. Those times when the person remained an enigma or that which we deemed needed did not appear, a prayer seemingly ignored. In reflecting back on my life, inventorying the past with raised consciousness, many of the things I thought I needed in the moment turned out to be the last thing I needed, had I received them, my spiritual development would have been delayed or even derailed. As our consciousness rises our spiritual vision corrects and clears, however even with corrected vision some questions are beyond our sight, remaining unfathomable at this time. Why does one child miraculously recover and another succumb? Or someone who worked hard all their lives, played by all of society’s rules only to find all they worked for gone?

In Faith and Truth, God only brings good, He does not, cannot bring suffering or strife.  Today my spiritual vision is longer and clearer than yesterday, if you prayed and meditated today so is yours. We see the world through a new pair of glasses, our understanding broadened, our empathy revealed, the path illuminated. Even so, I still have no good answers in the moment for those experiencing seemingly inexplicable calamity, only a shoulder, a quiet ear and a silent prayer. Perhaps that is the answer after all.