"Some see miracles as an implausible suspension of the laws of the physical universe. As signs, though, they serve just the opposite function. Death, decay, entropy, and destruction are the true suspensions of God's laws; miracles are the early glimpses of restoration. In the words of Jürgen Moltmann, 'Jesus' healings are not supernatural miracles in a natural world. They are the only truly 'natural' things in a world that is unnatural, demonized and wounded.'"
- Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew (1995)
If I got nothing but the above out of the book I just read, then it was worth it. Of course I got more, but I've never thought of miracles in quite that way before. It is indeed revelatory.
I gotta go to work now. Peace.
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