Let me say something about that word: miracle. For too long it's been used to characterize things or events that, though pleasant, are entirely normal. Peeping chicks at Easter time, spring generally, a clear sunrise after an overcast week--a miracle, people say, as if they've been educated from greeting cards.
Leif EngerWhere do you think youโre going?โ Dr. Nokes demandedโฆ. โWhat do you have for directions?โ And Dadโฆ said, โI have the substance of things hoped for. I have the anticipation of things unseen
Leif EngerReal miracles bother people, like strange sudden pains unknown in medical literature. It's true: They rebut every rule all we good citizens take comfort in. Lazarus obeying orders and climbing up out of the grave - now there's a miracle, and you can bet it upset a lot of folks who were standing around at the time. When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of the earth.
Leif EngerI prayed the Lord would sort (my prayers) out and answer as needed. Above all that he would hurry.
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