Dear Friends,
Coincidence or miracle?
Anne had just returned to her apartment from out-patient eye surgery, and the burning in her eyes was almost more than she could bear.
“Dear Father,” she prayed. ”Please send someone who can go to Walgreens to get the eye drops I need.”
A soft knock on the door and the kind voice interrupted her prayer. “I was thinking about you and wondered if there was anything you need.”
She opened the door to find her friend Bonnie who had missed her birthday and had stopped by to drop off a gift. The real gift came when Bonnie was able to pick up the prescription her friend had just prayed for.
Several Scriptures come to mind:
“The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.” James 5:16b “The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right, and his ears are open to their prayers.” 1 Peter 3:1 “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer.” Psalm 6:9
In this instance, God answered the prayers of a righteous person by having a friend arrive at just the right moment.
Of course the skeptic will say that this was just a coincidence. Actually, Bonnie had just decided that morning to visit Anne. Had she arrived early, Anne would not have been home. But rather than going directly to her friend’s home, she stopped by the Automobile Club to pick up her new license plates. It took much longer than expected to get the plates, so she stopped for lunch before driving to see her friend.
Bonnie didn’t see a vision like Ananias did in the Acts 9; she didn’t hear a whisper like Elijah did in 1 kings 19 — but we believe that, as we read in proverbs 16:9, “We can make our plans, but the Lord determines our steps.”
Merriam-Webster defines a miracle as an unusual or wonderful event that is believed to be caused by the power of God. Do you see the amazing things that happen in your life as coincidences or as miracles? Psalm 66:5 invites us to “Come and see what our God has done, what awesome miracles he performs for people!” Expect a miracle today.
“Coincidence is God’s way of being anonymous.” ― Laura Pedersen,
Verse for the Week:
“This is what the Lord says, he who made the earth, the Lord who formed it and established it—the Lord is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’” Jeremiah 33:2-3 (NIV)
Blessings, Your Friends in Christ
The plates Bonnie picked up are a reminder that Jesus Christ loves you too!
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