I’ve always found this question fascinating- “What is a miracle?”
The different answers people give and the experiences they relate are probably as interesting as anything else.
So here’s a test- is the girl in this video a miracle?
Some will argue no. What she does is simply the result of hard work and natural talent God gives her. Special yes, but a miracle no. A miracle is a supernatural act of God, where he “changes the rules”.
Others will say yes. Maybe you can say this is natural, but how often does this happen? It doesn’t. So God has done something special and miraculous in this girl’s life.
Think of the miracle stories you’ve heard. Of people who are cured suddenly or saved from near accidents. Could some of these be explained scientifically? Maybe. Does that eliminate from the miraculous?
I remember a woman from my home church growing up who was battling cancer. She battled it for many years, but finally did die. I remember hearing that a member of her famliy was having a hard time with it and talked to the pastor. She had been praying all these years for a miracle and it didn’t happen. The pastor then responded that they had indeed been praying for a miracle, and maybe one did happen. The doctors had given this woman only months to live and instead she was blessed with years of life with her family beyond what anyone could have predicted.
Was this a miracle? Again, it’s a sticky issue, but I guess the key is that in a miracle, God is breaking into our world to do something powerful, and that he does it for a purpose, to help people understand his graciousness.
Tell me about your miracle stories or thoughts.
