Everyday Miracles

James 5:16
"...pray for each other so that you may be healed."

We serve an amazing God, who is just waiting for us to ask him for a miracle. Most of us probably don't notice everyday miracles that God provides because we may be too busy with work, families, t.v., . . . the list goes on. If we could all just cut out the distractions and focus on God, we would be stunned at what we would see him doing in our lives. That being said, I want to give a personal testimony of a small, everyday miracle that God provided for me today.

Last night at about 6 p.m. my right eye starting feeling very strained, itchy, and I was having blurred vision. By the end of the night, it was really red, a little swollen, and very goupy (sorry if this is a little gross). Both Nate and I were pretty sure that it was pink eye, although I wouldn't know because I've never had pink eye. Nate, on the other hand, is a frequent pink eye patient so he is well aware of the symptoms and he was pretty sure that's what I had. (Plus, we looked it up on webmd and all of my symptoms were under "Pink Eye.")

Before we went to bed, we laid hands over my eye and prayed that God would heal it by morning. I really didn't want to get more antibiotics given the fact that I had just finished a bunch a few weeks ago for pneumonia. I woke up at 5:30 a.m. today and my eye was really crusty, so I placed a warm, wet washcloth on it and slept for another two hours.

When I got out of bed at 7:30 a.m. I noticed that my eye felt much better. I looked in the mirror and the majority of the redness was gone, along with the goup and the crust. I placed some eye drops in my eye to give it extra moisture and figured I would keep a close watch on it throughout the day. It is now 6 p.m. (24 hours later) and my eye is completely fine and back to normal! I give all praise and glory to God for this because he answered our prayer and provided a miracle for Nate and I. It may seem like a small miracle, but nonetheless, it is still a miracle.

So, I want to challenge you to look for everyday miracles in your own life. If you take the time to look for God's hand in your life, you will find it. God bless!