We demand "proof" to bolster our beliefs, but when presented with it, we only bolster our skepticism, and demand even more proof.
I'm confident GOD loves us; we must keep him constantly amused by our silliness.
I like the “personal heroism” part.
It’s so under-rated.
The personal heroism of the man like so many fathers who has to work two jobs to make ends meet; the stay-at-home mom who chooses to be there to raise her own children but pays the price in isolation and loneliness because so many other women are gone all day to augment the income; the caregiver of a very ill parent or spouse; the parent seeing it through a grievous time with a wayward kid; the person dealing with the sentence of an illness that will mean a slow and painful death.
This is just a faint blip of all the scenarios of personal heroism. And it has nothing to do with big theological debates, positions and words and a lot to do with what can poetically be called the “Nazareth Life”—that kind of quiet and reverent life that doesn’t make big noises but houses the Lord Himself in its midst.
You are so right to call to mind the small miracles and the personal heroism.