Miracles

Though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on Him. John 12:37

I experienced something really strange this week.  I heard a man talking about miracles.  He was not just any man – this was a neurological surgeon from a major U.S. medical institution.  I was stunned that the word “miracle” came out of his mouth:  not once, but several times.  In today’s society, the word “miracle” [an event or action that apparently contradicts known scientific laws and hence thought to be due to supernatural causes or an act of God] is rather taboo.  Many sincere Christians no longer believe in the miraculous.  Tuesday, the world witnessed a prominent, highly-educated man who does.

Dr. Gerald Lemole is the gifted neurosurgeon in Tucson who operated on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in the head.  Journalist Diane Sawyers interviewed Dr. Lemole regarding the tragedy that unfolded last Sunday, and the progress of his patient, which has been beyond amazing.   She asked, ”Do you ever use the word miracle?”   Dr. Lemole replied, “I do.  Yes, I do.  I think she is a miracle in the way she presented to us…how unique it was that she was able to follow commands with this kind of severe injury.  That, in and of itself, is a miracle.  We can’t control that.  And when we are dealt that hand, we are very thankful.” 

A little later in the conversation, Dr. Lemole said, “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 this 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.

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.