| What is a miracle? Is it really nothing more than | | | | power and effect. |
| something working out the way that we had wished | | | | There are many things in the world that are truly as |
| for or is it more? Is it the answer to our prayers. A | | | | yet unexplained. However, a lack of explanation does |
| miracle is considered to be the the positive outcome | | | | not qualify something to be labelled as a miracle when |
| from an extraordinary event that science and logic | | | | it is a case of a lack of knowledge. |
| cannot explain.Too often nowadays the word miracle | | | | A number of people suffering from an illness or |
| is overused to describe an event that is merely | | | | disease have experienced extraordinary outcomes |
| positive, but lacks the elements of extraordinary and | | | | and recovery that previously was not thought possible. |
| defying our understanding of the world. | | | | Although these may well qualify as a miracle there is a |
| We say it is a "miracle" if we find our car keys, if we | | | | lingering doubt that they may be more ably to be |
| get a car space or even when our computer is | | | | explained by a lack of knowledge and understanding |
| working the way it is meant to do. All of these | | | | of their illness by the medical profession. |
| instances are not miracles. There is nothing | | | | By now, you may think that there is nothing that I |
| extraordinary about these mundane activities that, | | | | agree would qualify as a miracle but that assumption is |
| naturally, on the balance of probabilities, we will obtain a | | | | not true. I believe that there have been many miracles |
| positive result. | | | | in the world. However, what I truly believe is that it is |
| As we use the word "miracle" more often in everyday | | | | inappropriate to apply the word to every event that |
| language it appears that the power and effect of the | | | | you cannot label. Miracles are special. Miracles are |
| word is lessening in our consciousness. An | | | | extraordinary events and they need to be kept that |
| extraordinary word with a powerful meaning is | | | | way by respecting the word enough to keep it out of |
| becoming commonplace. It is perhaps one of the few | | | | the everyday language. I hope that the next time you |
| words in the dictionary that should be left for use only | | | | use miracle it truly explains the happening of an |
| for truly special occasions so as not to diminish its | | | | extraordinary event in your life. |