Do You Believe in Miracles?

"'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes." Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!" (Mark 9:23-24)

Last night's evening news reported two "miracles":

1) After nearly three months in captivity in Iraq, American reporter Jill Carroll was set free. This is an miracle if you considered how her captors had repeatedly and openly threatened to kill her and indeed killed her Iraqi interpreter. Carroll was left in the street near an Iraqi Islamic Party offices so she could just walk in. She said she could not wait to go home and be with her family.

2) After nearly three months in recovery, Sago Mine sole survivor Randal McCloy Jr. left the hospital and returned home. An explosion in early January left 12 fellow miners dead. McCloy was in a coma after being trapped in the mine for 41 hours before his rescue. He is considered a medical miracle because he survived being exposed to carbon monoxide for so long. Doctors had expected him to spend about six months in therapy, but released him in half that time.

During Bible studies, I often heard people asked, "How come there were miracles in the Bible times but not now?" I believe there are miracles even now. Not just from stories like these, but in simple day-to-day restoration of human relationships (such as those between estranged couples, or between hopeless parents and children/teens). I know, because I have experienced God's miracleous power and I have witnessed it. Hey, may be miracles only happen for those who believe? Have you asked for help?

Copyright © 2006 Winnis Chiang, Parenting ABC