We all have miracles in our lives, and they happen every day. When I first began studying medicine, the intricacies of the human body and how it functions explained themselves to me as one of Gd’s miracles.
I was not alone among novice physicians who saw this this way, and never considered faith, the human soul, or spirituality to be in conflict with science. Great technology helps a doctor preserve and prolong life and relieve suffering. Faith helps us believe that every life is precious.
But miracles are not predictable. God gives us the miracles He wants us to do, not always the miracles we may pray for.
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In the 12th century BC, Hannah discovered that her prayer to have a child was answered only because God knew that her son Shmuel (Samuel) would become a great prophet. Shmuel in Hebrew means God hears. He heard Hannah’s prayer.
In my own life we prayed for a third child and received one from God. While my wife was pregnant, I was praying on Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and reading Hannah’s prayer, when I noticed the man in the pew in front of me had a small baby on his shoulder. “What’s his name?” “Shmuel.” When I got home, my young daughter was excited about a television show called “The Powerpuff Girls” and mentioned a character named Samuel. We had our name for our new son.
But when Samuel was born, he couldn’t hear, a cruel twist on the name, and so I prayed to God again and sure enough, after clearing his ear canals a day later, he smiled in response to our voices and passed his final hearing test before leaving the hospital.
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Unfortunately, his childhood was marked by repeated ear infections, which reminded me that God controls his miracles – not us – and that they can be fragile. But Samuel grew into a very kind, loving child and then into an extremely intelligent adult. I could see that God had a purpose for him in this world.
My parents are both over a hundred years old because of the doctors who refused to give them up even when they both suffered hip fractures.
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My father survived to the age of 102 despite emergency intestinal surgery and was put on a ventilator at the age of 98. Dialysis followed for the past four years, all because of his fierce love for my mother and because of doctors, nurses and assistants who all believe that one life is precious and should be cherished. My father says the secret to longevity is to duck when someone throws a punch.
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Recently I met a woman who showed me a necklace she wore around her neck with a pendant that said “Milagros,” which means miracle in Spanish. Just before her birth she suffocated due to lack of oxygen. A nun who was in the room presented her mother with this necklace and said, “If you promise to wear this all your life, your daughter will be fine.” God’s presence is in this room.’
Her mother quickly agreed, and she was born completely normal, although many years later it was discovered she had a benign brain tumor that required repeated surgeries and radiation treatments – all of which she survived, with the same pendant in her hands before going in for each procedure.
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We are all in Gd’s hands, I thought as she told me the story.
Doctors and their patients need to realize this. It humbles us all and promotes kindness and healing.
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