Wonders and Miracles

I just started teaching again for fall semester a few weeks ago. Even though I have been teaching for 20 years, I had two different first day of school dreams. The ones where everything seems to go wrong. Yet, one dream in particular, seemed to have a lesson to teach me. How often do you get stuck in your agenda and schedule and forget to pause when someone needs help? This must be a real struggle of mine, because my dream reminded me to pause and be more flexible in my service to the lost one. Matthew 18:12 "What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine and go to the mountains to seek the one that is straying?

Today, we get to speak with Mike and Kari about the time, in Jan. 2021, when Mike got Covid. He was a healthy guy with no underlying conditions. But his health took a turn for the worse in some pretty drastic ways. Some of his health conditions while in his battle with Covid were, 15 different types of pneumonia, heart failure, kidney failure, blood clots, collapsed lungs, and a comma. Many miracles took place to keep Mike alive while he was in this health crisis. Listen to see how the promise of his spirit teaching his body how to heal took place. Resources: Season 1 Wonders and Miracles: Stories of Miraculous Moments in Everyday Lives Hearts of the Fathers by Sheldon Lawrence, Support our sponsors www.meditationsonthemount.com Visit www.wondersandmiracles.com for more stories or to submit a story. Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @wondersandmiracles

What are you doing in your life to expand yourself to greater connection with Divine Love -the kind of love that makes you feel generous, light, joyful and full of peace? Today, I share a message I received while meditating about how life is a dance between expansion and contraction and how we are all on a spiritual journey to be part of all that is-LOVE. Acts 4:31-32 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

Today, we get to speak with Shana from California (originally from Australia) who has quite a miracle story. Shana was diagnosed with kidney failure on Christmas Eve 2015. After 5 years on dialysis, she was in need of a kidney transplant. If that wasn't enough, her heart was only working at 15% and doctors said she would need a heart transplant as well. Shana had a near death experience when she flatlined for 2 minutes. Shana shares with us her experience with an overwhelming feeling of compassion as she stood with both Jesus and God. God gave her a personal message of what she was made for. Today, she will share with us her story of strength, resilience and how she was able to not only survive it all but discover her faith and purpose. Shana is on a mission to help others discover a faith greater than themselves. Resources: Season 1 Wonders and Miracles: Stories of Miraculous Moments in Everyday Lives Hearts of the Fathers by Sheldon Lawrence, Support our sponsors www.meditationsonthemount.com Visit www.wondersandmiracles.com for more stories or to submit a story. Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @wondersandmiracles

Welcome back for Season 5 of Wonders and Miracles Podcast. I'm excited to be back sharing miracle stories with you! How often do you undercut the joy of your heart desire or dream in order to guard yourself from potential disappointment? I find myself doing this more often than I'd like. So, today I will share the insight that helped me focus more on the joy in the moments rather than guarding myself from imagined disappointment. Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: Neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Where and when have you been on a healing journey? Have you seen miracles and God involved in your healing journey? Today is my last episode for Season 4. It's been a great season. I just want to say thank you to all my guests for sharing your miracles with us and I want to thank all you listeners who also love God and love celebrating His presence in your lives. Today I share some of my own miraculous healing experiences and some of the things I was taught about allowing ourselves and others the time and space it takes to work through the healing process. Peace can come in this life even if we have been through some pretty tough stuff. John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Today, I have a husband wife team who have become involved in an organization called Dahlia's hope. Unbeknownst to them at the time, they and their network of friends, were being prepared for this over twenty years ago. A few years ago, Dean and Kristin Coleman felt God moving them in powerful ways to leave the Washington DC area and relocate to the rural town of Rexburg, Idaho. After the move, Kristin experienced a loss of purpose so deep, that she offered a mighty prayer to have a purpose fall in her lap. That purpose came just a week later as she and Dean toured the campus of Dahlia's Hope in Utah. Dahlia's Hope is an organization that provides complete aftercare therapies for sex trafficked human beings to help with restoring hope and healing in their lives. They are not only raising awareness of this amazing organization but working on an upcoming fundraising event to bring a Dahlia's hope to Eastern Idaho. They have committed their lives to joining the fight against the evil business of modern-day slavery, human sex trafficking. Check out below, the upcoming fundraising event and resources to help you get informed and involved. Resources: https://colorofhopefest.com/ https://www.dahliashope.org/ https://inupowers.com/ https://www.safehouseproject.org/ https://iamonwatch.org/ Season 1 Wonders and Miracles: Stories of Miraculous Moments in Everyday Lives Hearts of the Fathers by Sheldon Lawrence, Support our sponsors www.meditationsonthemount.com Visit www.wondersandmiracles.com for more stories or to submit a story. Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @wondersandmiracles

Today while I was meditating, I asked about what message I should share with you this week. The words Be Still and Know that I am God came into my mind. I've often meditated with this mantra and it's certainly my favorite scripture on meditation but today it felt like a divine message to reflect on what that really means. What does it mean to be still and know that I am God? What can you do to create more stillness in your life? Where have you been still (stopped worrying) and known God was prevailing in your life?

Today, we get to speak with two women who testify of an individual God. A God who reassured Betsey, my first guest, that she had no need to worry about an upcoming bungee jumping event. This experience with a divine message has helped Betsey know that God knows her needs. My next guest, Theresa, shares a touching Mother's Day poem that was spiritually communicated to her from an 8-year-old nonverbal autistic boy in her Sunday School class. She also testifies of a God who knows us and loves us individually with this Mother's Day miracle poem. Resources: Season 1 Wonders and Miracles: Stories of Miraculous Moments in Everyday Lives Hearts of the Fathers by Sheldon Lawrence, Support our sponsors www.meditationsonthemount.com Visit www.wondersandmiracles.com for more stories or to submit a story. Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @wondersandmiracles

Can suffering be a miracle? What is the purpose in suffering? Is there value in suffering? "Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." -Kahlil Gibran What have you learned about yourself through your moments of suffering and struggle? Comment below. I'll go first. I've learned the process of forgiveness through my suffering.