miracle – The Ameri Brit Mom

This week the topic for the Five Minute Friday link-up post is Rest. What is a link-up? Essentially a link-up is when you join other bloggers and write on a similar topic. You share your blog posts with one another and begin conversations via a host site. You can head over to Kate Motaung’s page to check out other entries from inspired bloggers. Here’s my five minutes of uninterrupted, unedited writing on this week’s topic:

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Matthew 11:28-“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

If Jesus was ever frustrated it was most likely when the very people observing his miracles were so caught up in themselves to remember him. In Matthew 11, he speaks against those people in the towns where he performed his miracles because they refused to repent after having witnessed Him.”…I tell you it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.” (Matthew 11:22)

For a moment, the people thanked him, but when he moved on from them they returned to life as usual. The miracles he was performing had little to no impact on the lives of the people.

This is an issue of their heart not of the magnificence of the miracles of Jesus. (He is still LORD even when we don’t recognize it.)

It’s easy to read about places like Chorazin and Bethsaida in wonder. You saw the miracles of God, but still did not repent!?!

However, we live in a world filled with miracles, and we go about our lives often without regard for the miracle worker. We get so busy and focused on ourselves that we neglect to notice the miracle of each heartbeat, sunrise, birth, and more. Like the cities above we may acknowledge that Jesus is LORD, but we are quick to forget to search for his miracles or to give him praise for all he does.

It’s hard to always be on the go and acknowledge those miracles. That’s why rest is so important. It’s imperative to our souls to rest. Stop filling your mind with the worries of the everyday. Trust the God who performs miracles to take the yoke of your burdens and just rest. Stop trying to do everything on your own! Mark out some time to get away from your busy life and simply acknowledge the work of His hands.

The Ameri Brit Mom

This week the topic for the Five Minute Friday link-up post is family. What is a link-up? Essentially a link-up is when you join other bloggers and write on a similar topic. You share your blog posts with one another and begin conversations via a host site. You can head over to Kate Motaung’s page to check out other entries from inspired bloggers. Here’s my five minutes of uninterrupted, unedited writing on this week’s topic:

Wow, this prompt could not have come at a better time in my life. I have literally spent the past three days with family. I’ve been looking forward to sharing with you all about what I’ve experienced and been through over the past few days and this prompt relates perfectly. So, spoiler alert: THIS POST CONTAINS A MIRACLE FROM GOD!

This past Thursday my 90 year-old Great-Grandmother was taken in to the hospital for a multitude of health issues. She hasn’t been doing that great lately. Her heart rate was low and the doctors had decided to do surgery to give her a pace maker. Great-Grandma was awaiting a transfer to another hospital for the surgery when she flat lined. My parents were in the room with her and she was joking with my father when she passed away. The doctor’s pronounced her dead on Thursday evening after all monitors flat lined. She had no heartbeat, no respiration, and her eyes were fixed and dilated. My parents and grandparents began to call all of the relatives to inform them of Great-Grandma’s passing.

An hour later, the nurse’s assistant came out of the room and told my family that Grandma had begun breathing on her own. They rushed in to see her and she was ALIVE! She quickly progressed from barely able to open her mouth to speaking. The doctor’s were astounded and put her back on the schedule for the surgery. They transferred her to a hospital in Columbus to await the surgery on Friday.

Overnight Thursday she experienced another miracle. Once again she passed away and was pronounced dead. The family again began to contact other members and inform them that Great-Grandma did not make it through the night. Originally, the doctor’s had told my family to expect this. However, twenty minutes later Great-Grandma awoke again and quickly regained strengthening vitals.

By morning she was doing so well that the doctors made the decision to do the surgery and insert the pace maker. Friday afternoon she went into surgery and she survived!

After the surgery Great-Grandma began to quickly heal and was released from the hospital today! Praise God! She has regained much of her complexion, her ability to speak, her uncanny wit, and I was sent a photograph of Great-Grandma sitting up and smiling back at her home.

What my family experienced is nothing short of a miracle. God has blessed us beyond measure and has proven not only to my family, but to those who read this story that He is real and still in the business of performing miracles. My Great-Grandmother is a wonderful woman of God who has lived her life devoted to Him and I know that God is using this story to bring others to know Him as well. The doctors had no explanation for what happened this weekend to my Great-Grandmother. Twice she left this world, and for some reason that God alone knows she returned to us. We are so blessed to have more time with a woman we all love so dearly. God is so good and my family will always remember this experience.

My Great-Grandmother is MY MIRACLE!

“He is the one you praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes” (Deuteronomy 10:21)

“He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted” (Job 5:9)

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