It Took a Miracle

It Took a Miracle

Though He had done so many miracles before them,

yet they believed not on Him.

John 12:37

Miracle:  an event or action that apparently contradicts

known scientific laws and hence is thought to be due

to supernatural causes or an act of God.

In today’s society, the word “miracle is rather taboo.  Many sincere Christians no longer believe in the miraculous.  Dr. Gerald Lemole, the gifted neurosurgeon in Tucson, Arizona,  who operated on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in the head at a campaign rally, is one who does believe. 

When Journalist Diane Sawyers interviewed Dr. Lemole regarding that tragic shooting and the amazing progress of his patient, she asked, ”Do you ever use the word miracle?”   Dr. Lemole replied, “I do.  Yes, I do.  Miracles happen every day, and in medicine, we like to attribute them to either what we do or others do around us.  But a lot of medicine is outside our control, and we are wise to acknowledge miracles.”

Somewhere up in the endless starry realms, our Savior must have looked down on that interview with a huge grin on His face.  He, after all, knows all about miracles.  He has been performing them every day for thousands and thousands of years.

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My Father is omnipotent, and that you can’t deny -

A God of might and miracles, `tis written in the sky.

It took a miracle to put the stars in place,

It took a miracle to hang the world in space.

But when He saved my soul,

Cleansed and made me whole,

It took a miracle of love and grace.

The Celebration Hymnal, No. 494