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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
20 year-old Sharista Giles was four-months pregnant when she was involved in a car crash in December. Afterwards, doctors told her family, she only had a 10 percent chance of recovery because of the injuries to her brain. A month and a half later, Giles give birth to a premature baby boy, but still did…
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Sandra Ledford was surprised when she put down a bible at the store and a DVD fell out. Ledford said she thought it might be something included with the book, until she noticed writing on it and saw that it was a personal DVD. She started to set it down and leave it, but something told her not too. Ledford…
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Eighteen-year-old Sam Ray says his cell phone’s voice recognition feature lead rescuers to him after his truck slipped off the jack and fell on him. Ray said he was pinned under the truck in a location where he couldn’t be seen or heard easily. He was trying to get free when he heard Siri activate. He…
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Researchers working on tracking the movements of birds have discovered the animals seem to have the ability to sense and flee an area before bad weather arrived. Scientists were working to see if it was possible to track the birds, when they discovered unique patterns. When a storm system produced deadly…
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Where do you seek peace? Researchers writing in the Journal of Social Psychology say the place to find it is in freshly baked bread. Their findings reveal “the aroma of baking bread triggers a rising sense of altruism, increased happiness and other beneficial effects” Baking bread may trigger a sense…
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The family of 40-year-old Jason Kroft says they would like to find and thank the man who saved Jason’s life but they cannot locate the person. Kroft was sightseeing in New York, when he suffered a serious heart attack on a street corner and collapsed. Kroft’s wife called emergency operators, but noticed…
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When parts of the western United States recently received rain and snowfall during a prolonged drought, some meteorologists said the moisture was more valuable than most people realized. Some areas near San Francisco, California received over an inch of rain from one storm, and nearly two feet of snow…
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Poet Muriel Rukeyser says, “The universe is made up of stories, not atoms.” --Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell The Week, March 1, 2013 p. 17 Matthew 13:13 (ESV) This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
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Victor stopped on a Wisconsin highway to help a stranger, Sara Berg, whose flat tire stranded her on the roadside. After changing her tire and driving off, Giesbrecht suffered a heart attack. Sara Berg then stopped her car, performed CPR, and saved her Good Samaritan’s life. --The Week, November 18,…
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Climate researchers, looking over ten years of data from a NASA spacecraft, say they have evidence the sky is falling. The tops of clouds decreased by an average of one percent between March 2000 and February 2010. The global average decreased by a distance of 100 to 130 feet. The most surprising factor…
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Lt. Louie Zamperini and his two raft partners were in their sixth day floating in the Pacific without water. “On the sixth day without water, the men recognized that they weren’t going to last much longer.” Desperate, they took desperate measures. “They bowed their heads together as Louie prayed.” “The…
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As the 2011 NFL season moved into the playoffs, a telephone survey discovered some interesting things. After the Denver Broncos pulled out an amazing overtime victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, another round of jokes about Denver Quarterback Tim Tebow receiving divine help began to surface. To investigate…
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The news that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords had been shot in Tucson Arizona shocked the nation. Afterwards a survey conducted by Fox News examined opinions held by Americans about the event. One of the most interesting results from that survey indicated most Americans believed prayer played a role…
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A fire in a small Oregon community destroyed everything inside and outside of a mobile home. When the family returned to sift through the ashes, they found the only thing that was salvageable was a small Bible. The family said they were in the process of moving and were not home at the time the fire…
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Jesus told us that a sparrow doesn’t fall to the ground without the Father knowing it. One French family discovered the marvelous providence of God when their 15-month-old baby fell from their seventh-floor window in Paris. The baby bounced off a café awning and landed in the arms of an alert passer-by.…
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As the cleanup continued on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists discovered that a previously unknown type of oil-eating microbe was flourishing. Researchers found the microbe, a close relative of another such microbe known as Oceanospirillales, as they studied the underwater dispersion of…
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The parting of the Red Sea is one of the better known miracles of the Bible. A team of scientists from the national Center for Atmospheric research in Colorado now says they think they know how it happened. Using computer modeling, the team combined satellite images, maps and archeological records to…
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The recent rescue of 33 trapped miners in the nation of Chile had the attention of the entire world. Though it was less reported, the nation of Chile believed the rescue of the miner was a spiritual matter. After the miners were discovered alive 17 days after the collapse of the mine, churches across…
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A family facing foreclosure and the possible loss of their family home can say their home was saved through the provision of a fictional superhero. As the unidentified family was preparing to move, they began searching for extra boxes to use. In one box they found several old comic books, one of which…
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A one and a half year old boy in Ontario had to be broken out of a washing machine after it started its wash cycle. One of the boy’s family members loaded him into the machine. When the door closed, the machine started to fill with water. None of the family members could open the door and a nearby construction…
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The pathology report confirmed Darrell & Kathryn’s worst nightmare, Kathryn had stage 3C Papillary Cirrus, a high grade cancer. The doctor outlined an aggressive approach of treatment and they consented. Soon, the hospital would release her to go home for a week, and then they’d begin phase two of the…
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Florida Governor Charlie Crist says that he believes the power of prayer has protected the Sunshine State. He recently told a group of realtors he thinks the state has been hurricane free thanks to prayer notes placed on the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Many believe the site has a direct link to heaven…
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Hope is powerful. Perhaps the most powerful thing we have. Sometimes, it is all we have. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck the island of Haiti in January 2010, destroyed buildings, and killed or maimed tens of thousands of people. As hope for victims began to fade, the discovery of a survivor…
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A remote mountainside in Norway contains what could be the Noah’s Ark of plant life on planet Earth. In 2008, the Global Crop Diversity Trust opened what some people refer to as the “doomsday vault,” a storage facility that protects and stocks seeds that could be used to replant the world. Inside the…
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PROTECTION Mary Dhume of Ohio claims a mysterious phone call actually saved her life. The Summerford Ohio woman was watching television in her living room on a Monday night when the phone in the next room rang. She got up to answer it, but there was no one at the other end of the line. At that moment,…