25,000 Miracles

May 19, 2020
Can Kindness and listening to God Change a Life?

Working on 25,000 Miracles is unique. I am benefiting in ways I did not even consider when I began work on the project. For instance, I continue to become more sensitive to God, the Heavenly Father, and to the possibilities there are for stuff to take place.

Let us look at the miracle story called "An Urge to Hug." Here is an individual who does not like to hug. She does not want to be urged to hug. Yet she was filled with something "greater" and she responded by offering a stranger a hug. What is this "greater" thing that was able to convince her to do that which she was not comfortable in doing? The power of persuasion I am thinking is linked with the power of love. God is filled with love and kindness. He has the power to strongly encourage. He asks. Yet we still have the freedom of choice.

Paula chose to offer the woman a hug and this gesture, according to the receiver of the hug, was the one thing that caused her to pause and reconsider murder and suicide.

So, Paula, in doing something she did not like to do actually saved three lives, and in the mix of this, the lives of four people would be changed forever. This story is so simple and yet so astounding.

Author of "A Real Miracle" Carol Deveka, was absolutely tuned to God. If she had not been, what would have happened to the new born baby, two other children and mother? The husband/ father was in a hospital needing a miracle of his own. With no food, no heat, no electricity and no breadwinner this family was in great need of a miracle. What if Carol had not responded the moment God called on her? All these lives hung in the balance of "trust." Carol loved and trusted God. Carol always followed each request of God, thereby saving four lives. Carol and Paula had something in common, a kindness of heart. Each of these ladies cared about others. They were both open to fulfilling the request God asked of them. We need to be willing to help others. To help others is not a chore. Giving the service of kindness is likely one of the largest chores in the world that reaps all kind of benefits, with happiness being in the lead.

One fellow who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and lived to tell about it, speaks about kindness and something he said should be carried in our hearts forever: "If one person had been kind to me as I travelled to the bridge, if one person had shown me he cared as I walked along on the bridge, I would not have jumped."

This man was depressed to the point of suicide. Yet the moment he let go to make his plunge, he regretted jumping. By the grace of God he is here today to strive to recognize his depression and use a number of tools to help him handle it! I am glad he survived to tell us about the power of kindness.

Apparently the point of this blog today is for me to recognize the importance of kindness and communication with God. If I am in touch with God I will hear him ask me to help with a neighbor or a stranger. If I recognize the need for service and kindness unto others I will find more happiness than I dreamed possible.

May 20, 2020
The Search for Writers of Miracles

Writing a blog may be therapeutic. I am not positive about that. I do know that I am reliving events out of the past; some events are funny, some are tragic.

An unforeseen positive is locating old friends from quite some time back and to be renewing these acquaintances is comforting, and heart warming. Some of those I tried to reach had died in 2004, and 2005 and one I have no idea when she died. I felt badly that we lost touch. Sometimes a simple thing like losing your entire list when the computer goes down puts you out of touch. For me it was a change on my computer and a loss of 3/4 of my contacts.

When looking for a number of the writers, Face book was useless, e-mails were dead ends, yet old phone numbers were helpful. In one instance I chatted for a lengthy time with a widower. I didn't want the conversation to end because he was now my only link to a lovely talented writer who had been gone for a number of years. It felt strange for me that I was alive.

Last week I looked for a friend, Kay. Her Facebook was still motoring along. Messenger was still accepting postings, but in checking closer the conversations were all one sided. I had been talking to her for more than a year and it is embarrassing to admit, I did not realize she had not responded once. Because I need to know, I dialed her phone number, and got all choked up to hear her voice. I was not connecting to an angel. Kay just got tired of Facebook and stopped using it or checking on it or even taking a glance at it. Now thanks to 25,000 Miracles I was finally talking to my old friend. She's in the U.S.A.

Next I'll try another sweet soul in Australia. Life had dished out a lot of heartache to her, so she may have decided it was time to go home to join her sons (if she was given the choice). Yet I keep hoping when I dial her number she is going to answer. I can hardly wait to discover if she is still on this earth.