Angela Hunt - When God Happens: True Stories of Modern Day Miracles

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WHEN GOD HAPPENS

True stories like these require those who dont believe in angels, or the God who sends them, to explain the unexplainable. A related question: who wants a God one can explain, who would be no God at all?

CAL THOMAS , syndicated columnist

These real stories of how God miraculously altered situations for the love of His people are a powerful read.

DIMAS SALABERRIOS , author of Street God

Reading When God Happens is like receiving an intravenous dose of hope in a world parched by hopelessness. It will remind you not just to hope for miracles but to expect them.

MELANIE HEMRY , Guideposts magazine writer and author of fifty-four books

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Jesus also did many other things. If they were all written down, I suppose the whole world could not contain the books that would be written.

John 21:25, NLT

R eading and writing about miracles can be a tricky thing.

On the one hand, we dont want to exploit the sensationalturning Gods work into a sideshow spectacle, suggesting Hes some sort of magician who must perform to convince a skeptical audience of His existence. In fact, it was Jesus who said, An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign (Matthew 16:4, ESV).

Theres also the danger of suggesting those who experience the miraculous hand of God are somehow special or more loved than the rest of us.

Yet by refusing to share and celebrate His miraculous doings today, are we not putting His light under a bowl and refusing to let His love shine to an ever-darkening world?

Our aim in this first volume (of what we hope will be many) is to share His goodness, allowing a starving, yet doubting world to see more of who He is. We want to encourage others with the fact that there are no laws of physics or science a loving God must follow to express His love.

In short, we hope each of these following stories will display a particular aspect of His glory:

Miracle on Highway 6 describes God breaking the laws of space-time to empower a Good Samaritan couple with the help of two mysterious strangers to perform the impossible after a fiery crash

A Season of Angels reveals how the terrorist action of blowing up the federal building in Oklahoma City caused a young woman to encounter three very different angels

She Wrote, Miracle of God captures how God brought a newborn, who was diagnosed as medically dead, back to life

She Belongs to Him shows the great lengths to which God will go in order to protect His chosen from the hands of the enemy

Writing on the Wall illustrates that God can use even the classified section to make His will known

Pursued by God conveys Gods great love for those who persistently pursue Him

When God Heals demonstrates that God is interested in healing not only physical bodies but also broken hearts

Supernatural War explores the power of Christ working through even the most inexperienced to set a prisoner of Satan free

In Revelation 12, Scripture says we triumph over the enemy with two things:

The blood of the Lamb

The word of our testimony

Thats what these accounts are: testimonies. They are a reminder that the God who reached down to touch those He loved in Bible days has not changed. He has not turned His back on us or left us to our own devices. As Scripture also states, [He] is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8, NLT).

Of course, theres always the risk of comparison. We may find ourselves asking, If God healed them , why didnt He heal me? We wish there was one clear answer. There is not. Sometimes it may be because we are asking for a cheap substitute when He has planned something far greater than we can comprehend. Like little children, we may be asking for a truckload of candy bars when He has a full course (and far healthier) meal just around the corner. Maybe, as a friend, James Watkins, suggests, there are times God insists on giving us bread and fish when in our ignorance we are demanding scorpions and snakes.

With that in mind, maybe its a good policy to never demand answers from God. Why are You doing this? Why are You doing that? Why arent You doing it my way? There are very few instances in the Bible where God gives an account of His actions. In the best case, it would be like explaining quantum mechanics to your pet. In the worst case, our questions would lead to the gross and dishonoring act of a creation insisting its Creator defend Himselfsomething that in all of human history has never turned out well. Instead of standing on the railroad tracks to demand an oncoming freight train stop and explain its intentions, its more profitable to ask God how . How can I use what is happening to accomplish Your purposes? How can I use it to get on board to wherever Youre taking me? And, most importantly, How can I use this situation to Your glory?

We have been diligent to confirm the accounts in this volume are true. Many are from authors and friends we trust. Weve asked others to verify the facts of stories from those we dont personally know.

Finally, if you have a miracle story that can be verified, and if you think it will encourage others, please drop us a line at www.WhenGodHappens.com.

We trust and pray youll find these testimonies as inspiring as they were to us.

Angela Hunt

Bill Myers

O n March 25, 2009, I developed a craving for hot dogs. The more I attempted to ignore the craving, the stronger it became. Cody, I told my husband, I know we are eating healthy to shed this winter weight, but I really have a hankering for hot dogs.