She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “This time I will praise the LORD.” So she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children. — Genesis 29:35
Leah gave birth to her fourth son and said, “This time I will praise the LORD.”
Leah became the first human being to ever praise God. How can that be? Certainly, hadn’t others before Leah praised God, such as Abraham and Isaac?
While other people had, in fact, praised God, they had only done so in response to unusual miraculous events. Leah was the first to praise God for the commonplace wonders that happen every day. She gave birth to a healthy baby and recognized that she had experienced a miracle.
It’s easy to take God’s everyday miracles for granted. We don’t always notice the extraordinary phenomena like the glorious morning sunrise or the brilliance of the stars at night. We don’t always appreciate the gift of a dear friendship or the ability to eat a satisfying meal. But when we open our eyes, we can see that God’s miracles are everywhere.
The more we recognize God’s hand in the little things, the more we will experience Him in the big things. And when we acknowledge the everyday miracles of God, we will merit seeing the greatest miracles of all.
