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Sometimes Miracles Happen
By Ans4Christ
Jonas slowly folded the letter up and placed it into his pocket. He wiped the few stray tears from his eyes and looked at Amy again. To say that she was an incredible person was an understatment. It had been an honor for him to know her. He looked down to the book that lay open in his lap and read the words that she had highlighted. " Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." John 14:1-4.
He could see why she had read them- he was still amazed at the fact that even though she was a brilliant scientist- well read in every kind of literature and had been to other planets, she chose to cling to this verse when she was filled with the prospect of death.
At that moment something happened to Jonas. Deep down he felt a longing and wanting for something. Something that nothing else in this universe had been able to give him. Amy had found that. Of that he was certain. Amy often said that faith and longing for God was something that lived in the heart of every man. Jonas hadn't really believed this especially because he was from another planet. How could that work? But Amy had been adament. She had said that if humantiy had started on earth than that meant that God would love and care for all of His children no matter where they went in the universe. She also candidly reminded him that if God created the universe than it was likely that he had created all beings as well. Mankind was just the one race that had been made in His image. They had always loved to debate about these things. And she had always had a way of stonewalling him.
But as he sat there he began to wonder if all the words that Amy had spoken to him had been true. He didn't know how and he didn't know why, or where it came from- but from somewhere within he found himself longing to have the connection that Amy had had, the faith and the hope that she had possessed. He looked down at the Bible a second more. He closed his eyes and took a breath.
"God," he paused, "In my whole life I've only talked to you twice. And that's been in the past year. Those times were to ask for something. This time- I don't know what to say. A part of me is scared of this unknown. Another part knows that I can't do this anymore. I need something else in my life. I'm sorry. For so many things. For thinking I knew everything. Forgive me. I don't know what to do. I just know that I need your help, and that I believe."
He opened his eyes a few moments later. He didn't know what to expect but he knew that he did feel different. At least in the sense that he had peace. And that he knew somehow, someway everything was going to work out.
The next morning Jonas was sitting on his bed in his quarters eating breakfast and underlying scripture verses. He had reread the entire Bible in less than two hours. It had been as though he was reading it for the first time though. When he had first read this book two years ago it had been a matter of history and culture. Now he read it to find answers. There were several consistancies that he found from beginning to end: God's grace, love and, mercy; His promises being fulfilled; and the thing that had grabbed Jonas' attention the most: the calling for and needing of people who were willing to stand up for their faith and believe the utterly impossible and see wonderous miracles come to pass.
He clung to that. He figured either there was something very significant and powerful to stepping out in faith- or he had offically lost his mind. Either one was a definate possibility. Although he hoped the former was the case rather than the latter. He was underlying verses that spoke of God granting miracles to situations if only the person believed. From what he could understand this was so that those whom witnessed the miracles would see the power of God, knowing that there was no way this could have been possible otherwise. He didn't understand it all- truthfully he didn't understand much of it. But he knew that that would come in time. All he had to do was have faith, and believe.
Going through the ones he had underlined he wrote down the ones that had the most impact upon him. The one he noticed the most had actually been in the same chapter of John that Amy had been reading: chapter 14:14. " You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." He reflected on it and couldn't help but wonder- did that mean if he asked and truly believed, God would heal Amy? It seemed insane, unrealistic, and totally impossible. Which is why he sincerely thought it just might work.