The Miracle Power Of Blind Faith

In the early 1980s, Britain was in the grip of a recession and it was hardly the time to lose your job. Unfortunately, I did, and fell into debt and depression. In total, I was about a year’s salary in debt. It was a daunting sum to pay back when I had little prospect of finding a job in such an economic climate.

I went to the bank and explained my plight to the loan officer to make arrangements to pay off my debt in increments. I remember sitting in his office and he looked me in the eye and said, “Unfortunately, it looks like you are not going to get out of this situation anytime soon. You are going to have to file for bankruptcy.”

However, being a feisty young woman of blind faith, I replied, “I can assure you that I will! Even if it takes a miracle!” In the back of my mind, I knew I desperately needed one.

Well, my miracle did not come in the form of an unexpected lottery win or tax refund, as I had hoped, but rather in the form of steady work through a temporary staffing agency, as well as sheer grit, determination and blind faith that enabled me to ‘miraculously’ turn my situation around. Yes, I did it!

This life experience may not seem like much of a miracle to some, but it certainly was to me at the time. I guess it all depends on what the term ‘miracle’ means to you? For some, like me, a miracle might be overcoming debt, unemployment, and an economic recession. For others, it might be overcoming a life-threatening illness or disability, or meeting your ideal partner after a devastating divorce, or landing your dream job against all odds. I do however believe that ‘blind faith’ is often the key, no matter the circumstances.

Some people think great miracles no longer happen, they no longer believe, but if they believed, their eyes would be open to them as they happen everyday ~ Kidadl

According to the laws of aerodynamics, a bumblebee should not be able to fly because its wings are too small for its body. Yet, it can fly. Perhaps a bumblebee is able to fly because it simply believes that it can!

When I searched online for the term “miracle,” I found the definition “an extraordinary and welcome event that cannot be explained by natural or scientific laws and is therefore attributed to divine intervention.

But are all miracles divine intervention, or is it just an unquestioning belief that one will emerge victorious from a dire situation? Or are the two scenarios related? In other words, does the universe bend to what we believe, regardless of our circumstances? Having witnessed several miracles in my own life and in the lives of my clients, I believe that it does.

The notion of “blind faith” also reminds me of modern miracles I have read about in which people miraculously regain their sight after being blind for years.

For example, in 2016 there was a news report about a Florida woman who miraculously regained her sight after being blind for more than two decades. She was declared legally blind after surviving a car accident in 1995. That all changed after another accident more than 20 years later, which she describes as an “act of God.” After falling in her home, she had surgery on her spine and when she woke up, her sight was completely restored! Her neurosurgeon said he had never seen anything like it. He said that the restoration of her sight was a true miracle. “I really don’t have a scientific explanation for it,” he told ABC News.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle ~ Albert Einstein

Another interesting case I read about was that of a man in Poland who had been almost totally blind for 20 years and regained his sight after being run over by a car. His doctors were stunned when his sight returned about two weeks after the accident, and he is now living a normal life.

The universe does indeed work in mysterious ways and modern miracles do happen.

There are also many inspiring miracle stories in the Bible. The most famous is probably that of Lazarus of Bethany, who was raised from the dead by his friend Jesus after four days in the tomb. Jesus performed many other such miracles, including that of Jairus’ daughter, who was also miraculously raised from the dead after Jesus told Jairus not to be afraid, but to believe, and that his daughter had not died, but was merely sleeping.

There is another story in the Bible where Jesus met a very sick man who had been ill for some time. Jesus said to the man, “Do you want to be made whole? Then get up, take up your bed and walk.” According to Scripture, the man “was immediately made whole, took up his bed and walked.”

These stories of Jesus illustrate the power of belief, the right mindset and blind faith. All Jesus had to do was plant a few seeds of positive thinking in the minds of Jairus and the sick man for miracles to manifest.

The Jesus miracle that best illustrates this is the woman who was instantly healed of chronic bleeding the moment she touched the cloak of Jesus. She had consulted several healers and tried many treatments, but nothing worked.

Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you ~ Jon Bon Jovi

Then she heard about Jesus and his miraculous healing power, and she blindly believed that he could heal her. She followed him into the crowd and reached out to touch the hem of his robe, believing that just this small amount of contact would be all she needed to be healed.

Jesus immediately felt that some healing energy had gone out from him when the woman touched him. “Who touched my clothes?” he asked. He looked around and saw the woman, who was trembling in fear. But Jesus did not scold her. Instead, he lovingly said, “Your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed.” He affirmed both her faith and her healing and gave her his blessing.

It appears the common denominator in many miracles seems to be some form of blind faith. And what exactly is ‘blind faith,’ you may ask? Blind faith is a wholehearted belief, complete faith or total trust in something without any evidence or reason to support it. Need I say more?