The Space Between Stars • Love & Miracles

Love & Miracles (from Chapter Eight: Shifting Winds)
One thought kept reverberating in the chambers of his heart and
mind, Miracles occur naturally as an expression of love. He knew
that this was true. His reflections drifted back to the moment he
witnessed a miracle on August 13, 2004. Friday the thirteenth. The
miracle happened naturally as an expression of love at the very
moment a great danger was about to strike. . . .
* * *
Suddenly, the reporter on the Weather Channel anxiously
announced that Charley just became a category four with winds
upwards of 150 miles per hour and was expected to slam into
Sarasota and proceed on to the Tampa Bay area. Fear shot through
Stephen. His beloved and her family were in danger! . . .
As he shouted these words [a prayer-command], he felt flooded
with a massive amount of energy coming into the back door to his
heart and out through the palms of his hands. In his mind’s eye,
he had a vision of a wide wedge of white light streaming into the
middle of his back. It looked like an upside-down triangle: wide at
the ceiling and narrowing down to enter the center of his back,
passing through the back door of his heart. The very instant he finished
his prayer-command . . .

“IT’S WOBBLING! . . . IT’S CHANGING DIRECTION! . . . IT’S turning!
It’s not going to hit Tampa! It’s going to hit Port Charlotte. It’s losing
power,” the announcer on the Weather Channel exclaimed, as
if in total disbelief.

The very instant that he heard the reporter’s startling words, the
following biblical passage became a reality to him: “I can do all
things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13).
As thankful and relieved as he was, Stephen was upset when
Charley struck Port Charlotte. He had intended for Charley to
shift to the right, pass by the bottom of Florida, and then move
into the Atlantic to dissipate and die out. But he started his intervention
too late for that to happen.