Miracles of Love,Healing, and Faith

After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.
Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,
and they interceded with him about her.
He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.
She got up immediately and waited on them.

This story shows a miracle of Jesus.  His miracles were not for the person that received them alone.  If it was just for that person alone, it would have been done in private without even the disciples around to see it.  In this miracle, Jesus intervened in the natural order of things, being sick and having a fever is very natural and in His time most certainly might have ended up with the woman dying. For her part, she is cured and immediately arises from her sick bed and begins to wait on them. 

Jesus may not so far have intervened in our lives in such a dramatic fashion but we know that He has even if we have not recognized it at the time it happened.  What Jesus has done for us, things that we do acknowledge, are the things that should give us energy and like Peter's mother in law, we should use this energy to spread the Good News, to proclaim a time of favor and mercy from God.  We are all miracles because we are loved by God.  I do not mean that He loves us in some sort of generic way.  He loves you as a person, He knows you intimately, He is interested in everything that you do, say, and feel.   He wants us to know Him as well as He knows us.  This too is the news we have to share with those around us. The all-powerful God of the universe loves and wants a personal relationship with each of us.  Rise up off of your bed and begin to serve those around you for you are a miracle of love.