Miracle Workers

This world is full of miracles from the rising of the sun at dawn, to the first flower in the Spring, to the colors of the leaves in the Fall. The miracles that touch my heart the most, though, are the tiny ones. These are the ones that go unnoticed by most people, but they are the ones that make life worth living.

One of the best of these tiny miracles is preformed by a local miracle worker everyday. Her job in this world is ringing up and bagging groceries, but her job from Heaven is bringing a little more joy to each heart she meets. I saw her hard at work just today. It had been a rainy morning with cold air and gray skies. Everyone who walked into the grocery store had a shiver in their walk and a frown on their face. I was no exception to this either. It had been a long, hard Winter and I felt tired as I bought extra bread and bananas to get me through the next coming storm. As I got to the check out line, however, the miracle worker went to work. She greeted me with a warmth that went straight to my heart. Her kind smile caused one to appear on my own face as well. Her shining, compassionate eyes reminded me once again that this is God's world and that it is full of loving souls like her. We chatted briefly as I paid for my food. As I left she told me to enjoy the day and I promised that I would. As I was walking out the store she was already uplifting the spirit of the next person in line. It occurred to me too that in all the years I had shopped there I had never once seen someone leave her counter without a smile on their face.

I thank God for that miracle worker and all the miracle workers of this world. The truth is we all can become miracle workers if we choose. We all can lend our strength, talents, hearts, and souls to making this world a better place. We all can bring a little Heaven down to Earth with our joy, laughter, and smiles. And we all can share the miracle of God's love every single day.

Be a Miracle-worker today!

(by Irma Raymond)

Following Jesus

I have something nice to share with you.

My neighbour's pet dog by the name Tiger, always accompanies me or my dad when we go to the shop nearby. There are two shops near my house, lets say shop1 and shop2. We usually go to shop1. Usually, when Tiger sees us, he will come running behind us and accompany us all the way to the shop. For the past 2 months or so, Tiger was so sure that we'll go to shop1 that he'll run before us to the shop and wait for us over there.

Yesterday, the same thing happened. Tiger saw me come out of my house, and for sometime he came walking behind me. Then he started running to shop1 and overtook me. But it happened that I needed to go to shop2. I went. When he went to shop1, he turned back and saw that I wasn't there. He came running back and stopped at one place for some time. Then he started running back again and finally saw me going to the other shop. He came running behind me and when we came back home together, he was walking behind me.

Though Tiger's behaviour is common, I was thinking about this incident for a long time. Doesn't that happen with us too? We walk behind Jesus for some time when we've met Him newly. Then we think we can go forward on our own, we think we know everything, that we can take care of ourselves. The suddenly we meet with trouble and we turn back to see that we're alone.

But I like what Tiger did. Like him, we too have to stop and reflect on our problem. We have to see where we went wrong. Tiger did not stop there. He started running again, and found me. We too must pray for God's grace and sincerely take measures to find Him. Once we have found Him, we can continue walking behind Him, and let Him be our guide. We will not have to fear anything when He walks before us. Its simply a great feeling to follow Him.