Miracles have NOT ceased

Last night I was praying for a miracle. I needed something specific and because I believe in the power of prayer, combined with faith and understanding, I knew it could be granted to me. I readily believed that I could have this miracle, as I have been the recipient of many in the past. 

But that's not what this post is about.

After I asked for my miracle, I turned to my friend Google who has become a bit of a companion in the night while feeding my baby. I don't recommend letting Google becoming your best friend, especially when your attention is needed elsewhere, but she does serve as a good companion when I need to remain semi-conscious so my baby girl can be fed.

That's not what this post is about either.

I googled the words " miracles have not ceased" which is a direct line of scripture from The Book of Mormon. (If you read my blog, please read that book. You will get much more out of it than any of my posts and you will know why I believe as I do.) I thought my friend Google would just take me to that verse of scripture (I was falling asleep and too lazy to look up the verse in Moroni), but it led me elsewhere.  Instead it linked me to all these "evangelizing" websites that tried to convince me how miracles have ceased. Google got my search all wrong. I wanted to read how they haven't ceased, not how they have ceased. After reading a few of the posts from different religious "experts" my heart grew sad and heavy. How wrong they are. How very, very, very wrong.

That's what this post is about. 

I am here to tell you, and to add my opposing conviction to those blogs that miracles have NOT ceased.  They did not end with the death of Jesus, nor with the death of His Apostles. Miracles are real and happen every day. The same line of authority that existed on the earth when Jesus walked and ministered among the people, exists today and is exercised by faithful individuals with power to heal, to aid, to comfort, and to bless. And beyond the scope of that authority (known as the Priesthood), are countless faithful people who know the God they pray to will grant unto them according to their faith and according to His will. People are healed. Lives are brought back. Prayers are answered. Comfort is given. Witnesses are recorded. 

Miracles have not ceased and neither have angels ceased to minister unto the children of men. Who are those angels? Well sometimes they are literal, like I wrote a few posts back when I shared that story about the pioneers pushing their handcarts. And other more often times, they are your neighbor or your sister or your friend or your co-worker or your children or your spouse or a stranger or a church leader. They come in a variety of ways, but they always come. If you are too busy or preoccupied you might not see them, but they're there. Trust me. God is a God of miracles. He is also a Father and because we are His children and joint-heirs with Christ, He desires to bless us. He wants to bless us.

I know this first hand and I bet you do, too. So if you've seen a miracle, please share it and pass this on. I don't care what Google says, I know better and I know that miracles have not ceased. Help me get the word out, won't you?