Blog 358
September 22, 2024
MIRACLES NEVER CEASE!
Rev. Robert L. Wise, Ph.D. explores the world of divine interventions from an objective point of view. An Archbishop in the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches with a Ph.D., Rev. Wise relates his interviews and discoveries with persons who experienced the touch of God.
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People are often surprised by how much healing comes through forgiveness. Human nature tends to bury injustice and hurt deep in the soul. Even if we’re not aware of how much we are harboring, the brokenness tends to fester and infect. The poison of resentment can contaminate our best thoughts and hopes. No matter how badly we have been treated, forgiveness remains necessary.
Regardless of what your religious background might be, the need for forgiveness remains the same. Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish, all have the same issue. And all can find the same miraculous release. It’s a matter of facing the truth.
We must wrestle with how we feel until we get the injury out of our system. When those difficult remembrances return, they are opportunities to set us free from the past. Our quiet inner work becomes God’s opportunity for renewal. Sometimes, meditations can take on a life of their own. Muriel Neveux made this discovery.
Muriel was contemplating the figure of Jesus on the Cross and considering the agony of the Crucifixion. In this silent prayerful mode, she thought about unspeakable pain Jesus had experienced. At that moment, Jesus seemed to have looked down at her and spoke. “Bring to me each person who has harmed you in any way.” Muriel immediately felt skepticism and didn’t want to do so. Jesus spoke. in her heart again. “Bring them to me and forgive as I have forgiven you.” Trying to put her reluctance behind her, she began naming the people who came to mind, bringing them to the foot of the Cross. The memories began to pour out of her. It seemed that a parade was marching by.
But one person would not join the crowd. The hurt seemed too permanent. Muriel cried out for Jesus’ help. To her surprise, Jesus came down from the Cross and walked over to the resistant woman. He reached out his arm’s in forgiveness. The woman resisted and even began to pound on his chest. The harder she pounded; the wider Jesus opened his outstretched arms. Finally, her stubbornness crumbled and the power of his love embraced her.
Jesus put one arm around the woman’s shoulder, and one arm around Muriel’s shoulder and carried both of them to his Cross. Taking Muriel’s hand and the woman’s hand in his hands, Jesus blessed them. Standing at the foot of the Cross, Muriel could feel Jesus’s love penetrating her heart. Finally, Jesus returned to the Cross. Looking down on Muriel and the woman, he said, “I am on this Cross to set you free. I have redeemed you. You are new people with hearts of flesh.” Jesus then looked up into heaven and said, “It is finished.”
What had begun as a meditation, had become a miraculous reality. All thoughts of revenge and anger had been transformed. The miracle of a healed heart had set Muriel free. Anyone can experience the same miracle at any time. It’s a matter of coming to the Cross and seeking the healing hand of Jesus.
Remember: miracles never cease!
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