Everyone Would Believe In Miracles!

In a perfect world, everyone would believe in miracles! I'm constantly amazed at those who deny  the possiblity for miracles.  In today's society, education and science are deified while God is vilified. It's very common to read comments by skeptics ridiculing those who believe in God and his ability to do the miraculous.  The skeptics don't realize that it takes more courage and intelligence to believe in the unseen than the tangible.  It takes courage to hold fast to faith in God when the nay sayers posit that faith is only for the weak and uneducated! 

My granddaughter Avery is a perfect example.  When she was born, in addition to her heart defect, she also suffered a neonatal stroke.  Her neurologist told my daughter that Avery would be virtually blind and suffer a host of other problems.  In short, he envisioned her life in a quasi-vegetative state.  Honestly, the MRI taken at birth showed a significant portion of brain tissue regulating vision had been destroyed. When she was given this diagnosis, our family called upon all the prayer warriors we knew, and they in turn called on others.  In short, prayers were being offered for Avery around the globe! 

Avery spent approximately four months in the hospital and was tested for everything possible.  Not only did Avery have reconstructive heart surgery less than 24 hours after her birth, but her liver functions skyrocketed and she was tested for biliary atresia--which she didn't have.It seemed every time a doctor came into the hospital room, they came bearing bad news.  Still, God had given me a promise.  Ephesians says "having done all--stand."  That's what I did, and it was extremely difficult.  It was difficult to speak words of encouragement to my daughter in those difficult times, epecially when it seemed as if the only news we ever received was bad news.

However, faith is the evidence of things not seen.  I'm reminded of the myriad of scriptures that contain the phrase ". . . but God," because God began to move.  Avery began to make astounding progress!  Every single one of her doctors were amazed at her progress; the last doctor was to astound was the neurologist.    Avery was scheduled to see the neurologist six months after she was born for a check-up on her progress.  On the sceduled day, my daughter and son-in-law took Avery to his office.  Avery was asleep when the doctor came into the examination room.  He looked at her and asked sympathetically,"How's Avery doing?"  My daughter replied that Avery was great and that she could see.  The doctor was very surprised to hear this.  At this point, Avery woke up and began to interact with the doctor.  He was simply astounded at her vision and her motor skills. His response was that she must have been able to re-wire her brain.  My daughter  told him we are people of faith and that we believed God had healed Avery.  His response was the same:  Avery must have been able to re-wire her brain.  My response is that even if she did re-wire her brain, God still gets all the glory because He's the One who did the re-wiring!

Skeptics amaze me!  They are willing to only accept what is tangible and nothing that appears miraculous.  My prayer is that the skeptics will see the truth before it's too late.  Until that time, it's our responsiblity as Christians to presenting the truth of Christ.