Can we believe in miracles today? The answer is emphatically, “YES.” Christian author and apologist G. K. Chesterton proposed that if a person believes in miracles, he believes in them because there are records of miracles in the Bible and in history. And he believes in them because of the testimonies people give about their experiences. But if a man does not believe in miracles, it is because he has already made up his mind that miracles can’t happen in our kind of world, so he ignores the evidence.
Do you doubt that miracles still happen?
Former Senator Everett Dirksen was a thorough, absolute Christian with undoubting faith. In 1949 he was involved in preparing a legislative budget for Congress. This required long hours of reading fine print and very small figures. When Dirksen noticed a blur in both eyes he went to many doctors. After several conflicting opinions about what do do, he was sent to Johns Hopkins Hospital to get his right eye removed.
The congressman boarded a train for Baltimore, torn with indecision and anxiety. On that train he decided to consult another Doctor—the Lord. He prayed, “Lord, if it is your will that I should lose an eye I will accept it. I’m not asking you for anything except this: please tell me what to do. There is disagreement among my doctors and only you know the answer.” The answer came, clear as a bell, not to have his eye removed. He was later healed.
Later Dirksen noted some doubted this account of God's healing, but that was "because they haven’t lived with the Lord” he said. Take the senator’s word for it—miracles do happen today.