Linda Beck: Do you believe in miracles? - Salisbury Post
By Linda Beck - Special to the Salisbury Post

"Have you ever felt a miracle taking place in your life? As Christians, we can identify with the miracles that were performed by our Lord and Savoir Jesus Christ during the time that He walked on this earth. He made the blind man able to see, raised Jarius' daughter and Lazarus from the dead and so many more stories of healing.

During my lifetime (soon to be 59 years), I've experienced several healing miracles. Some folks tend to look at the negatives instead of the positives and often ask that question, "Why?" Well, I don't know why I've had Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, an AVM (arteio venus malformation) in my brain and a series of other health problems. But I do know that according to His Holy Word (the Bible), God does not give us more than we can bear. (His plans for me must have been that I would be able to carry heavy loads.) But there have been times when I thought I couldn't deal with another negative happening in my life and it would be like writing a book to share it all, but I just want to encourage other about the answers to prayer — real modern-day miracles in my life.

There was the period during 1973-1976 when I first experienced the effects of Myasthenia Gravis and was finally diagnosed with this rare progressive muscular weakness disease that had the potential of becoming very disabling. I became familiar with several people who had this disease and have since went to be with the Lord but after several years of ups and downs, it seems my case is now in remission. (Miracle #1)

In 1976, there was the night I nearly died on the operating table. I can remember hearing someone saying, "We're losing her." I also remember my prayers had been that God would heal the staph infection and enable me to return home to finish raising my two daughters. The healing was a long, slow process fraught with many ups and downs but my daughters are now 33 and 38 years old and those prayers were answered. (Miracle #2)

Then in November 1990, I was given a double dose of bad news when I was told I have Multiple Sclerosis, a central nervous system disorder, and an AVM (aterio venus malformation) in my brain which was identified as the cause of the seizures I had experienced in 1989. A miraculous little pill called Dilantin as controlled the seizure activity for 16 years. Praise God for doctors and medicines! (Miracle #3)

Then there were the major Multiple Sclerosis exacerbation in 1992 and the diagnosis of my husband's cancer followed by his death in February 1993. During that extended period of ups and downs, not even the doctors thought I would undergo the healing that led me to driving a car again (after six years of not driving) and being able to walk again, live alone and learn to swim at age 47. No one realized that God was preparing me to be able to travel to speak for Christian Women's Club to tell other women about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (Me, a speaker? - Miracle #4)

Then, in July 2002, I underwent the most catastrophic Multiple Sclerosis attack I have ever experienced. Everything from my breast down was affected and I was told I would never walk again. For 29 days, my toes would not even wiggle and I had to use a transfer board to move from one place to another. Five months later, I was finally able to stand up for the first time after that flare-up. I started using a walker but fell several times so I resigned myself to using a power chair and an electric scooter that a stranger donated to me. (Miracle #5)

Two years later I was finally able to get in the water at the new YMCA by using the electric life. To the amazement of everyone I was able to float and swim again and with the help of the staff there, I have come so far. And that brings us up to the present. Amazing, God's amazing grace! That's what has been taking place. Two days now, I have been able to step out those last two steep steps from the hot tub. (Miracle #6)

This summer the Lord has enabled me to "play in the dirt" in the yard at the house He led me to build in 2002. I have been getting stronger and feeling the best I have since 2002. The buzzing, tingling feelingsMORE - Salisbury Post