Miracle Makers

I heard this once:

"Prayer doesn't change things.

Prayer changes people, and people change things."

So I thought it over and I believe it's about 90% true.

God doesn't perform miraculous answers to prayer too often, like suddenly curing terminal illnesses or providing a lush crop of food in the middle of the Sahara ... but people perform miracles for each other all the time.

Every time someone gives a donation, it's a small miracle. A stranger being there to open a door for you when your hands are full is a small miracle. A popular kid reaching out to someone of the nerdy type is a small miracle. Firemen who go into burning buildings to save people is a rather big miracle.

Each of these miracles is an answered prayer. Maybe not a prayer we actually sat and prayed with our hands folded, but a prayer nonetheless. A desire within our hearts.

And if God isn't the one who gave the money, opened the door, befriended the nerdy kid, or put out the fire, then who is? We are.

It seems like God works through us humans to do God's will. And the more we pray, the more God's will is done. When we pray, God gives us the ideas, the desire, and the resources to reach out to others.

All of this thinking made me want to start a blog. Welcome.