Don't believe in miracles? Well, let's see what the famous people have to say about it!
- "There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle." ~ Albert Einstein
- "Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see." ~ C.S. Lewis
- "Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you." ~ Jon Bon Jovi
- "A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles." ~ William Hazlitt
- "God continues to work miracles in my life." ~ Willie Aames
- "How quickly we forget God's great deliverances in our lives. How easily we take for granted the miracles He performed in our past." ~ David Wilkerson
- "When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another." ~ Helen Keller
- "To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle." ~ Walt Whitman
So, what do you think? Are they scientific or not? Are they fantasy, or could they be explained?
Again, civility is appreciated, but rudeness is not. ^^
On this Saturday morning, I was rudely woken up by the phone. I groaned. My brother had just changed the ring tone the day before, and it was not a pleasant sound to wake up to. Stumbling out my warm, comfy bed, I ambled down the stairs, just in time to pick up the phone before the ringing stopped.
I glanced at the caller ID. Oh, it's Dad. I knew that my dad was going to drive my mom over to her weekend writing retreat early in the morning, and was calling to make sure I was awake. "Hello, Dad?" I rubbed my eyes, still groggy.
"You up yet, hon?"
"Just did." I yawned.
"How about the boys?"
"No. I'm the only one awake right now." I looked at the clock and groaned. 8:45.
"Well, I'm around twenty minutes away from home."
"Okay."
"Oh, and Auntie S. gave birth today."
Now I was wide awake. "Really?! That's great!" I peppered him with questions. "Is it a boy or girl? When was the birth? How much did it weight? Is Auntie S. all right?"
He laughed at my excitement. "Yes, she's all right! It's a boy, and from what Mom said, he weights around 5 pounds, 12 ounces. I don't know any other details."
"So Uncle M. and Auntie S. hasn't chosen a name for him yet?"
"Not that I know of. I'll be home soon, and Isaac and Titus might be coming over, so make sure the house is ready." [Isaac and Titus are our young cousins, Uncle M. and Auntie S.'s sons.]
"Okay, Dad. Drive safely!"
So that was basically how the conversation went, to the best of my memory. I trotted upstairs to jot the big news down while it was still fresh in my mind.
It was later on, when my uncle dropped Isaac and Titus off at noon, did I get all the details I wanted. Apparently, they were planning to name the baby boy Calvin; which, otherwise, if it had been a girl, would've been an Eleanor.
So here I am,
sitting next to my sleeping toddler cousin and writing this little
story. As Albert
Einstein once said: "There are only two ways to live your life. One is
as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a
miracle." And I agree with George Bernard Shaw when he said: "Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles."
Once again, I am struck by just how great our God is. Truly, He is the sole Giver of life, and nothing else can do what He does: ex nihilo. [Latin: from nothing]
Soli Deo gloria! [Latin: to God alone be the glory!]
