thoughts on the news of the day: more on miracles

hmmm…..

            Do you believe in miracles?  Some folks might say that Congress finding a way to solve the debt ceiling problem and reach a compromise by August 2 would be a miracle.  Others think that discovering a semblance of an image of Jesus on a random ticket, like happened a couple of weeks ago, is a miracle.  But have you ever experienced a miracle in your life?

            I guess that all depends upon your definition of miracle.  The story of the feeding of the 5,000 is one that most people know.  It is where Jesus changed five loaves of bread and two fishes into a meal for over 5,000 people.  It might have happened that once one little boy offered his food to the multitudes, then lots of other folks stepped forward to offer their groceries to the crowds and everyone was fed.  Or, it might have been that Jesus intervened and created a meal for 5,000 out of little or nothing and a miracle happened. 

            There are lots of stories about miracles in the  Bible.  But what is a miracle?  Wikipedia has this to say about them: “In casual usage, "miracle" is seen as any event that is the result of an action by God and may also refer to any statistically unlikely but beneficial event, (such as surviving a natural disaster), or simply a "wonderful" occurrence, regardless of likelihood, such as a birth. Other miracles might be: survival of a terminal illness, escaping a life threatening situation or 'beating the odds’”.

            Whatever your definition of miracle, if you have experienced God intervening in your life in a positive way, you know the power and the presence of God.  And that is a miracle in itself.

            hmmm…..