Healings and Miracles

Out of all the miracles, it is hard for me to try to comprehend raising people from the dead. It seems so profound that I have no idea how I would react to witnessing such a feat. In Luke, after Christ raises the widow's son from the dead, the people were afraid and then they glorified God. I think I might just be afraid and try to figure out what I just witnessed. I think this made me just realize now that I think I try to be too logical about the gospel sometimes. The abstract ideas in religion are hard for me to feel like I really understand. The absence of concrete evidence is sometimes troubling. I want to have reasons for everything and when I am presented with problems or questions in church or scripture study I become overwhelmed. The things that have eased these overwhelming feelings has been interesting to me. Even if I find some logical, scientific reasoning to my questions/problems, I don't feel the peace until I have an emotional experience. These emotional experiences are really spiritual experiences. That peace I feel is really the spirit. I know that I can get this feeling though doing the things that are within the classic "Sunday School answer." I need to go to church. I need to pray and read the scriptures daily. I need to listen to and read the words of our prophets and apostles. I am amazed constantly how simple these abstract concepts are to understand. I get caught up with understanding them in my mind that I forget to understand them in my heart and spirit. Rather than thinking about how I would react to someone being raised from the dead, I think it is more important to think about how God is all-powerful and how Christ is compassionate in performing miracles like this one.

In reading about all of these miracles and healings during Christ's ministry, I cant help but think about all of the people that have witnessed miracles, but have fallen away from the church. I know that is not enough just to witness such great things, but you need to become a real disciple of Christ and maintain your testimony in order to stay on the path and progress towards perfection and eternal salvation. This seems like a daunting task, but the organization of the church and God's help through prayer and the holy spirit can carry the real burden if we let Him help.