There are a lot of people who prayed for the problems to be solved. There are a few people who prayed for the problems to be in the process of being solved- problem solving. Problem solved will not help us to develop our character, but problem solving will.
We often are impatience when it comes to the problems. So we prayed the problems away when we needed those very problems to grow exponentially- to change. I believe that it's the very reason that the miracles don't happen in America, one of the most 'problem-free' country, as it does in other countries. We often prayed problems away so that we don't have to act in the tension.
That's why I love listening to Andrew Marin, the president and founder of the Marin Foundation (click here to learn more). He decided to build bridge between the Christians and the gay community in Chicago!
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Saturday, May 26, 2012
What's A Truly Miracle?
I've been pondering about what's truly a miracle if there's two completely different perspectives about it. We are full of different perspectives within different community. Which one is a reversed miracle and which one is a miracle?
The poor may think that it's a miracle when the rich, or Mother Teresa, became poor. The rich may think that it's a miracle when the poor became rich. The non-Christian may think that it's a miracle when Jesus lived among the sinners and the Christian thinks that it's a miracle when Jesus went into heaven to be with the Father. Hilter thinks that it's a miracle when everyone became the norm and we think that it's a miracle when everyone became different and unique.
What's a truly miracle?
I'm not sure whether it's a miracle for the deaf to become hearing or for the hearing to become deaf. Last week someone asked me if I believed that I could be healed and I said, "Yes". Of course I didn't asked to be healed, but I always wanted to follow God's purpose for me whatever it is. But if someone asked me if I believed that I could remain deaf forever, I would have said, "Yes" as well. Why did I think of it that way? Because I believe that it's a miracle either ways. And you may pray for me either ways. I won't feel offended if you pray about those complexed miracles. I will feel offended when you prayed that I will take an easy path.
Here's a story of an alienated miracle that you might haven't heard of!
A wife of somebody has started to learn ASL because she felt called to. That somebody didn't want to learn some ASL because he felt that it's unnecessary. So he kept doing what he does while his wife became part of the Deaf community. They ministered the people within two different worlds. He ministered the hearing and she ministered the Deaf. As the time goes by, he did things in his house when someone came into the house. He was alerted. He asked his friend, "Why didn't you knock?" His friend told him that he did. At that moment, he realized that he couldn't hear his friend talking as well. He panicked and called his wife, "I will see you soon and do not call back!" He hurried.
His life had changed from that day and forward because he had miraculously became deaf! Thus, he finally had to learn ASL with his wife. He has lost a lot of hearing friends because they left him when they learned that they don't have a full access to the communication. He realized that he is in a completely different world now and he started to minister to the Deaf. Now they have started a non-profit Christian that ministered to many Deaf, the most abandoned people group when it comes to the gospel spreading. A miracle!
I feel confused! What's a truly miracle? Blank.
Should I pray for the hearing to become "reversed-healed"? Did anyone ever? Can it ever be listed as a miracle? What is normal? What is a truly miracle? Blank.
Well... what about a bridge building miracle? An alienated miracle within a miracle?
The poor may think that it's a miracle when the rich, or Mother Teresa, became poor. The rich may think that it's a miracle when the poor became rich. The non-Christian may think that it's a miracle when Jesus lived among the sinners and the Christian thinks that it's a miracle when Jesus went into heaven to be with the Father. Hilter thinks that it's a miracle when everyone became the norm and we think that it's a miracle when everyone became different and unique.
What's a truly miracle?
I'm not sure whether it's a miracle for the deaf to become hearing or for the hearing to become deaf. Last week someone asked me if I believed that I could be healed and I said, "Yes". Of course I didn't asked to be healed, but I always wanted to follow God's purpose for me whatever it is. But if someone asked me if I believed that I could remain deaf forever, I would have said, "Yes" as well. Why did I think of it that way? Because I believe that it's a miracle either ways. And you may pray for me either ways. I won't feel offended if you pray about those complexed miracles. I will feel offended when you prayed that I will take an easy path.
Here's a story of an alienated miracle that you might haven't heard of!
A wife of somebody has started to learn ASL because she felt called to. That somebody didn't want to learn some ASL because he felt that it's unnecessary. So he kept doing what he does while his wife became part of the Deaf community. They ministered the people within two different worlds. He ministered the hearing and she ministered the Deaf. As the time goes by, he did things in his house when someone came into the house. He was alerted. He asked his friend, "Why didn't you knock?" His friend told him that he did. At that moment, he realized that he couldn't hear his friend talking as well. He panicked and called his wife, "I will see you soon and do not call back!" He hurried.
His life had changed from that day and forward because he had miraculously became deaf! Thus, he finally had to learn ASL with his wife. He has lost a lot of hearing friends because they left him when they learned that they don't have a full access to the communication. He realized that he is in a completely different world now and he started to minister to the Deaf. Now they have started a non-profit Christian that ministered to many Deaf, the most abandoned people group when it comes to the gospel spreading. A miracle!
I feel confused! What's a truly miracle? Blank.
Should I pray for the hearing to become "reversed-healed"? Did anyone ever? Can it ever be listed as a miracle? What is normal? What is a truly miracle? Blank.
Well... what about a bridge building miracle? An alienated miracle within a miracle?
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