Living A Miracle

Have you ever lived a Miracle? But what came before the miracle? A lot of praying and waiting, right? I’ve been there. I’ve been on both sides of a miracle. Sophia whether you’re waiting on a miracle or you’re living a miracle, don’t give up. There’s a song that really sums it up in one sentence. You just Haven’t Seen It Yet by Danny Gokey. You haven’t seen your miracle yet but that doesn’t mean you won’t. Your miracle is on the way. His name is Jesus. The healing of Jesus is the miracle in my life. Maybe it’s his peace that’s the miracle in your life. The point is, Jesus is the miracle we need. So we need to get in to the Word of God and we need to pray without seizing.  If you’re curious about the miracle I’m living, let me tell you about the two sides of a miracle. There was once a family my family and I were really close to. This family became family. But after years of being friends, our families broke apart and my world broke with it. I was only elven and too young to understand. All I knew at the time is that I wouldn’t see my best friends again…but God had other plans in mind. I cried a lot in that season in my life. I’d cry at night. I’d pray and pray. I’d wait and wait. But I didn’t find much of a response. And when something did change and I thought our families would reunite, it never happened. There were glimpses of hope along the way to keep me going. I threw a rock in the lake with our families names written on them. I prayed for them each night. I wrote them letter after letter. But finally, I got tired of believing. My hope had run out. I gave up on thinking we’d ever see that family again. I waited over five years before my miracle had arrived. Things started to shift within our two families and things were being rebuilt before my eyes. Finally we made plans to meet this family at downtown Disney and it was years before where we met them for the first time at Disney World. Then we met them at a family wedding and then another wedding. I was living a dream. I was living a miracle. We all became friends again. We were family again. And the truth is, we truly would have always been family. But that wasn’t the end of the story for my family. At the same time of reuniting with our friends, I was still dealing with some trauma that had happened within our family. My family had started to heal but I still felt broken. I struggled with OCD and mental health after the trauma. I went to counseling session after counseling session. And it was one counseling session that changed it all. I found out that all this trauma and mental health started years ago when my best friends and my family broke apart. And the more recent trauma I experienced in our family was like pouring gas on a fire. Everything that was buried deep in my heart had been coming to the surface. And there was a word that came with it. Abandonment. That was where it all started. The two traumas I faced only left me feeling abandoned and that’s the word I couldn’t think of and it was exactly what I had been dealing with. I still struggle some today, but there’s no doubt I’m living a miracle. We are friends with that family, my family is great, and I am on my healing journey. Maybe you’re living your miracle too. Or maybe you’re still waiting on your miracle. Whatever it is, don’t give up. Your miracle is moments away. I gave up on my miracle and I stopped believing I’d see my friends again but God didn’t give up on me and he had something beautiful in mind. And he has something beautiful in mind for your miracle. Hold on.