ClariiGuitarii Rants 105: On Miracles

Who knew Facebook could tell such great tales about changing for the better? So as I was scanning through my Home page, I saw this note about someone named Kevin. I wasn't really gonna pay much attention to it, but then I saw the sad face next to "Kevin". So that's what really triggered me into checking that note out. The curiosity burned and it eventually got the best of me, and before I knew it, I was so engrossed with what was written in it that I didn't even hear as much as notice my sister literally screaming by that time for me to open the door. Apparently, Kevin has a life-threatening sickness and he's actually been fighting it for a long time now. He's now in a coma, and it's just sad to hear how someone so young could be taken away the privilege to grow old and live a long life. But what struck me most was finding out that he was formerly an ATHEIST, which means he didn't believe in a God or any Supreme Being for that matter. For him, it's just him and mortality out here for him; No life after death, just eternal nothingness. But as his sickness took a hold of him, he eventually learned to cling on to the only one who would be there for us even when the whole world, even ourselves, have turned their backs on us -- God. It is true that we get closer to Him when we are in dire need of His guidance and grace. It just amazes me how someone with a dark viewpoint about religiosity could actually transform into someone who praises and adores Him for everything that has happened to him, even his sickness.


It made me realize that each and every one of us, even the most sinful ones, have the chance and capability to abandon their evil ways and face a new life head-on with God in the center of their lives. Believe me, it makes a GREAT difference. I should know, because there also came a point in my life when I thought that maybe God isn't really there, maybe he's just a mere fantasy that people are so obsessed with. All that changed when I experienced a miracle right before my very eyes. No ordinary person could possibly endure, more as survive 5 major stroke attacks in a span of 10 years. But my mom did. She came out with a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but she came back to us in one piece. She was very lucky to be still here to relive her tale to others, but I'm more luckier than her because I still get to see her everyday. And that alone is already enough for me to believe that there really are miracles in this world and there is only one being who's responsible for those miraculous deeds. :)