What Are Miracles...

[CleanShavenJesus]

Consilius, don't ignore my post. It's very easy to say how much good there is when you use examples of success stories. Not so easy with stories of failure, i.e. a mother actually dying of cancer.

No, it isn't. Actually, most of the time, these people DO die from cancer.
But that people die from cancer is actually further evidence of the work of God in the lives of those who survive cancer. Mercy comes when it is unexpected. If everybody survived cancer, you would be just as impressed as you are when you cross the street NOT getting hit by an airplane.
Obviously, it's more than that. People who die from cancer are much more than casualties used in getting compliments. The thing is that no one lives forever, and God knows when it's time for someone to figure it out for themselves. But the time of a death is part of God's foreknowledge, and is approved by him because it is at the absolute best time possible, for reasons he knows and others discover later in life.
As for the people who dead mothers leave behind, it is a time to make a decision. Tragedy has brought many families closer together. It has also ripped them apart. People become better Christians when parents die. They also become atheists. In tragedy, all you know and believe is put on the line and you are given a choice. Tragedies form great characters from weak ones, and they also break strong ones. And what it does is give you a wake-up call about life and force you to find direction.

sigh...