There is a Reason for Everything

Have you ever found yourself doing something you'd rather not be doing? It happens to all of us. Normally I'd be annoyed by this. But one day, our church choir was asked to sing at a senior citizen's home. It was raining that day and so I wasn't in the mood to go, but I went anyway. After the concert, as we were leaving the home, we saw an elderly couple walking in the heavy rain without any raincoat or umbrella. We stopped to offer them a ride. Unfortunately, we could not understand where they wanted to go because they were not very intelligible. So we decided to drive them back to the senior citizen's home. It turns out the couple lived there. But because of memory problems, they left the home after the concert, thinking that they lived elsewhere. Luckily, we were there at the right time to help them out, or something bad could have befallen them. So there was a reason why we had to be there at that place at that particular time. So next time you find yourself in a place or situation you'd rather not be in, remind yourself, "maybe there's a reason for it."

Miracles Do Happen

I know someone in our church who suffered a stroke. As a result, half of his body was paralyzed. Then one day, while they were vacationing in France, someone suggested that he make a pilgrimage to Lourdes. This is the place where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette, and asked her to dig a hole in the ground to form the now famous miraculous spring of healing water. So he went there and dipped himself into the spring. He emerged from the water miraculously cured of his paralysis. He can now walk, talk and move normally. There was no doubt in our minds that a miracle did occur. How about you? Do you believe in miracles?