[DianaB]

I hope that in no way what I have to say is being construed as argumentative. My prayer is that what I have said is presented in a very loving way.

To address the issue of raising a person from the dead.......I DO believe in miracles and I believe that there are still miracles done today. When a miracle is performed then the name of Jesus is lifted up and He is praised. There is no way that man should get the credit for the mracle. No one should feel comdemned. That's not God's way. Why He chooses to answer one prayer and not another I don't have an answer for but I know that God's ways are so above man's ways. He can see the whole picture where we only see a small part. If I have a prayer answered one time but not the next, did I have more faith in one prayer? No, I think that God in His wisdom decides because He knows so much more than I do.

This is not about being raised from the dead but this is a miracle that I heard about........My aunt is an international prayer partner and is friends with a woman named Beth Alvez (I'm not sure about the spelling). Beth was in another country when a woman came to her to pray for her hand which had lost some fingers and was hurting alot. Beth prayed for the woman's pain and went about her day. The next morning she was wakened by a woman outside of her room shouting and carrying on so she went out to see what was going on. It was the woman that she had prayed for and when she looked at the hand......all of the fingers were on it!! That wasn't what she had prayed for at all! Beth took no credit for this but the glory was for God. She went to her knees in prayer at the awesomeness of God and what He had done! Can you imagine seeing such a miracle? We have missionaries that come to our church and there are so many miracles!