Cleveland Daily Banner – Sunday, December 24, 2006:
After 30 years of separation from the only family he had ever known, Terry Stanley recently was united with his foster family.
“It was a miracle is what it was,” said Ellen Guffey, employment consultant for Bradley Cleveland Developmental Services. “Every year around Christmas Terry would be sad because his housemates would join their families for the holidays leaving Terry behind at the group home where he lives.”
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OK. OK. , we get your point. Most things people call “miracles” are surely just natural occurrences.
But there is a colloquial use of that word, too. I did a quick Google and came up with this one.. “Al Gionfriddo’s miraculous catch of a Joe DiMaggio line drive in 1947” I’m pretty sure the sports writer wasn’t writing of literal divine intervention.
However, I think there is another use of the word which I applaud — and that is for gratitude. My own theology is that all good things come from God, in some sort of mystical way. Even naturalistic things like a wild flower. So when something really improbably good happens, I take that moment to remind myself to be grateful to God.
I don’t throw around the word “miracle” much, but heck, all of life strikes me as one big miracle sometimes.
Instead of calling this a miracle, give the credit where it is due. Ellen Guffey persevered and tracked down Stanley’s foster family. No miracle, just hard work and a lot of compassion by someone with a big heart.
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