Miracles do happen

“Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.” George Bernard Shaw

It began as an ordinary day with a few meetings she had to attend to in the morning before she set out to address a gathering about her political party’s campaign. All went smoothly, everyone in the office is doing exactly what they need to do. All that she needs is prepared for her to get ready for the campaign. Before she leaves the office, she looks herself in the mirror, excitement mirrors the tinge of nervousness about her upcoming speech. She quickly fixes her make-up and rehearses her speech one last time then heads out to the centre.

Then off she goes to her meeting, one of her many public addresses. She is not nervous because of the crowd, but because she takes her work seriously and she wants people to support her party’s vision. “It’s serious business to win people over and truly live what we say,” she thinks to herself while on her way. And so the gathering begins with the spot light on her. She engages with the crowd as she normally would, her charm in full swing until a gunshot puts a stop to it. She is on the floor, she had been shot to the head, and other people are caught in the crossfire too. Before anyone could make sense of what just happened, there is panic with everyone running for cover, desperate to save themselves. Sadly some of them didn’t make it. Medics on the scene, she is rushed to hospital – no hope for her as she had been shot on the head. Doctors reluctantly treat her – they conduct an emergency operation while they themselves were not hoping for a recovery. Based on the severity of her gun wound, she is not going to be breathing for much longer, or so everyone thought.

Until a few weeks go by and there are signs of progress with Gabrielle Giffords, the American congress woman recently shot during a public gathering in Tucson, Arizona. Many of you would have seen this story in the news in the past weeks. The first sign of her miracle was that she survived the gunshot to her head. Then following the surgery, she started trying to communicate by squeezing the hands of her loved ones to show response. After sometime, she made more progress, now able to sit and breathe on her own. Though still in hospital as we speak and making daily progress, her story testifies of the magnificence of God who can be glorified for such miracles that are beyond human understanding. What struck me was a statement made by one of the doctors during a television interview. He said “We (the doctors) would be wise to accept that miracles happen. A lot of times there are conditions where medicine alone doesn’t heal”. Profound statement which I believe is testimony that God is in control in all situations (Matt 15:29 -31; Rev 3: 7-8).

There have been many other miracles taking place all around the world in our time, such as the old lady who was saved from the rubble in the Haitian earthquake last year. With praises to God, she came out singing and thanking the Lord for saving her. I am sure there are many other miraculous testimonies that came out of Haiti’s earthquake. I also think about the 33 Chilean miners rescued after being trapped underground for over nine weeks. They proclaimed that there was a 34^th person in their midst, God, who kept them safe and comforted the entire time.

However small or large, miracles still happen in our time. We just need to take time to see them and see God in them. No matter how big or small the miracles might be, God displays His glory in our everyday moments (Ps 19:1-3). All we need is to acknowledge Him in everything, remain in God’s presence, fellowship with him and see His name glorified. He is always talking (Rev 3: 20 – 21). Is your spiritual ear inclined to Him?