Christmas miracles

I thought since this is the "season of miracles" and we are all rejoicing over Kelley and Tim's miracle, that I would start this thread for yall to share whatever you want.

Here is mine: I keep a list on disk of wonderful things that happen to me:

Okay last week, my hot water heater stopped working, my car needed break pads and the heater is out, my fridge is on the blink and my daughter called needing money for rent for Dec. in college (they have apartments) and money for some medicine she needs. I work from my home and my phones went down for 3 days so I did not have any work. I said Okay, GOD, you have provided before, I know Ill get throught this, help me come up with the money and/or ways to get things done.

I had asked my neighbor and another lady to take my son to school and pick him up.

Well, my sister called a guy she knew that was retired fixes water heaters on the side and fridges, etc. He came over and found out the heater knob was stuck, told me it would be okay for now, fixed it up and said I might need a new heater later since the knob cost as much as a new one, and if I have to replace it, might as well get a new one, but for now it works, AND HE DIDNT charge me.....then he looked at my fridge, told me how to fix it, so we are going to do it ourselves on Sunday afternoon.

Then I went to the mailbox and got a Christmas card with 100.00 in it! It was from a lady I go to church with who said she felt that I needed that on Sunday and didnt give it to me and so was sending it. That bought groceries! Then a family that took my son to school came by that night and said "we have been blessed so much this year, and we love your son like our own", please accept this gift from us because we are doing great finanancially and we wanted to share. It was 500 DOLLARS, enough to fix my pads on the car and pay some bills!!!

Then my daughter found out she could defer her rent and just pay half until after next semester starts, and someone from church called her up and said they had felt like she needed help, could they help her? My phones got fixed and I had time to catch up on some stuff that I had been putting off those 3 days I was off.

ALSO, my neighbor and I had been not talking to each other over a dog dispute, something stupid, and I couldnt stand it, cause I like to get along with my neighbors. I had been praying for a way to approach her and make peace. Well, when the hot water heater thing happened, I didnt know how to turn the gas off and she came over to help and we talked and hugged and now we are nieghbors again!!! lol

so I told Rick, well I got 600.00 in one day, everything fixed and made peace with my neighbor, life is good, and God answers prayers. :)

What is your miracle?

Ok, this happened a few years ago, but I think it falls into this category.
About 6 yrs ago, my ex was out of work, and we were really broke. Christmas is always a big deal to me, and I was really depressed because I didn't have any money for lots of gifts for the kids, and all the usual food etc.
Then my son got ill about 3 weeks before Christmas, every gland in his body was swollen up, and he was very ill, he was taken into hospital for tests, but the doctor told me that he was pretty sure the tests were going to say Graeme had Leukaemia.
This was about 10 days before Christmas by this time, and the tests would take at least a week.
The day before Christmas Eve, we got the results, and they were clear! Graeme was allowed home from hospital on Christmas Eve, with antibiotics, because it turned out it was some weird infection he had.
Christmas day that year, none of us were looking at what we didn't have, we were too busy being grateful for what we still had, and had thought we might lose. So the Christmas I had been dreading, turned out to be one of the happiest I remember.:)

I will share with you one of the biggest miracles that happened in my life. It was back in 1990. I was always a "low energy" person and thought that it was just my "lot in life" to be this way.

Well, I was having irregular heart beats and so my doctor ordered an echo-cardiogram. While doing the tests the technician found blood flowing through a small hole between the right and left ventricles. It showed the color of the blue blood and red blood mixing up when it should not. I SAW THIS HAPPENING MYSELF! They diagnosed me with Atrial Septal Defect or ASD. The next step was a catheter through my vein into my heart to check it out further and then SURGERY on the chamber to close the heart's hole.

Through all my losses I had become mad at God and very very much an unbeliever. I had not been to church in probably a good 8 years or so. My friend Freddie, also a skeptic, got all excited about this preacher in Dallas. He kept begging me to go with him to this church. I finally went to shut him up. Well, this "praying in tongues " church was all fired up about healing etc. While I found the crowd manipulation interesting... it did nothing for me.

Then this little preacher starts walking around and saying things to individuals. He came up to me and said ... something like..." i see a hurt, you have been so hurt in your life... there is a problem with your heart... and you are worried sick about it... Well, I declare any tests null and void... your heart is WHOLE..."

Well, THIS GOT MY attention! I then told him about my test that was going to happen the next day with the heart cathetor... He prayed over me with the rest of the church.

Well, I went to the hospital... and they did the test... Guess what... NO HOLE IN MY HEART. AND from that time on, I began to have more energy that I have had ever.

So I don't argue about God. If you need a miracle to believe.. then ask God to reveal God's love to you... it will happen... always does. End of story... beginning of life..
;)

I love these stories....!!!!
great thread Marie!!!

My miricle is my SON... he always will be mommie's little miracle :)

These are great stories, thanks and Merry Christmas!!! :)

This happened last friday.

In my life, I have always come from a praying family. Well when I was 16 years old, I lost my best friend in a car accident, and my boyfriend was driving. He was hospitalized as well, and I found out that he was cheating on me with her. Anyway, so for about the last four years of my life, I have been very angry with God. But when I met Tommy, everything kinda made sense, and I started to believe again.

I don't make alot of money, so for Christmas, I asked for my parents to take care of my car payment, so that I could buy Tommy a really nice guitar for Christmas. I went and bought the guitar the night that I got paid. When I went to check my account (I should have had enough to cover the rent check that I wrote), I didn't have enough in my account. I started to freak out, and Tommy didn't know what was going on. I started to pray to God, that if he would help me get out of this, that I would get my priorities straight (there are a lot of things that I need to do, before Tommy and I can get married). Well I knew that there wasn't anything else that I could do, but wait and see what happened in my account. I transferred money over from my savings account, but it wasn't supposed to post until monday. Well when I woke up that morning, the money from my savings account went through, and the rent check hadn't been deposited. And I ended up with an extra 90 dollars, that I still don't know where it came from. I was crying on Saturday morning, because I was going to have to take back Tommy's guitar (the only thing that I wanted for Christmas), but now I didn't have to. Christmas hadn't been a fun time for me, seeing how the accident happened a week before Christmas. So the one thing that I wanted to do (getting him that guitar) was about to be ruined, and I thought another unhappy Christmas. Everything got worked out, and my rent check didn't bounce. I cancelled my home phone (because no one ever calls me on it but my mother), and the internet at the house (I use the internet at work, so I really didn't need it at home). I have mapped out all of my bills, including credit cards, and figured out a way to start getting them payed off. I knew that what happened was beyond me, so I kept up my end. I know that this seems kinda small, but it was a big deal for me. My own little miracle.

No miracle is small :)


One thing that happened to me that I have always considered a miracle, is when I was trying to get out of Seattle 10 years ago in a hurry before my ex got a restraining order on me.....(another story) lol. My mother had made plane reservations for a coach flight from Seattle to Vegas to Dallas. I called to ask them if there was anything leaving sooner. I already had my tickets, so figured it was a long shot and that I would have to pay extra of which I had no idea how I was going to get the money. Anyway, the lady on the phone said no, no other flights. I started crying and said well, Im kind of kind of a domestic violence case, and I briefly explained to her how I needed to get out, and she said just a second, and came back saying there were 4 seats in first class I could have for 2 extra. My heart sank, 200.00 extra I Said! She said no 2 dollars!!!! I kid you not!!! I said ILL TAKE IT. And when I got to the airport, they waived the fee. lol We flew first class for the first time all the way to vegas. It was wonderful!

Then when I had to let the kids go see their dad by themselves on a plane the first time. I called to ask about what identification they needed, etc., and I got this lady on the phone whose voice I will never forget. She said before hanging up very softly and gently. "Dont' worry, the kids will be fine." I know some people would think this nuts, but I believe God was speaking through her, because I clung to those words and they got me through. They calmed me instantly.