聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 A rabbi and a priest get into a collision. Neither is hurt. The rabbi says, 鈥淟ook at our cars. There's nothing left, and it is a miracle we are unhurt. This must be a sign that we should live together in peace." The priest agrees. The rabbi continues, "This bottle of wine didn't break. God wants us to celebrate our good fortune." He hands the bottle to the priest who takes a few big swigs, and tries to hand it back.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The priest asks, "Aren't you having any?"
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The rabbi replies, "No... I think I'll wait for the police."
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Most everyone today has come into contact with one miracle story or another. Some are especially close to events that defy the laws of nature. Window washer Alcides Moreno, who plunged 47 stories and survived, became a believer in miracles.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Moreno鈥檚 brother was killed in the event, but he himself needed 24 pints of blood, was in a coma for 17 days, and still woke up and spoke on December 24, 2007.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Doctors said that when falling above 10 stories, patients usually go to the morgue, though one patient survived a 19-story fall, and even that was less than half the distance Moreno fell.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Morgan Freeman in The Power of Miracles explores the relationship between medicine and miracles. Some say medicine is a conduit to the will of God. Faith and medicine have worked hand in hand since ancient times.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Passover is an ancient feast related to miracles. From 鈥榥issi,鈥� a word which means miracles, we get the month of Nissan or redemption. The physical and spiritual meet in the month of Nissan. This is the month of Passover and spring, the renewal of life.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Another example of faith working with medicine is the story of physician and pastor Tom Renfro, who was dying of lymphoma. After much prayer from his faith group, Renfro said God told him it was time to go to the hospital for treatment. Chemotherapy was started and within 48 聽hours the tumours which were literally killing him softened and started disappearing.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Eighteen years later Renfro is still testifying about this faith and medicine cure. Morgan Freeman talks of the connection between the mind and the supernatural. 鈥淭he human mind could have a hidden power to unleash a miracle,鈥� Freeman says. Miracles give us hope and drive us to create reality out of possibility.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The real miracle, Freeman says, is the transformation of the human mind to practise love, compassion and forgiveness. This lines up with the Buddhist belief that we are all capable of much more than we know.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In his exploration of Chinese Darwinism, Freeman looks at feng shui, which claims that everything is connected. 鈥楩eng鈥� means wind and 鈥榮hui鈥� means water. 鈥淭he bird does not fly,鈥� Freeman says, 鈥渋t is carried on the wind,鈥� just as the fish does not swim but is carried on the water.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So is the divine influence in our lives. We need to learn to ride the wind, to trust in God鈥檚 creative power moving in us. Faith and prayer work with God, just as faith and medicine go hand in hand.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Freeman concludes, "I believe we should believe in miracles because miracles, however you define them, give us hope. They drive us to create reality out of possibly."
