Amy Jackson- Miracles

What is a miracle? I define it as an event that defies scientific and natural laws that can only be described as the work of God. That is still a fairly broad definition. I was recently talking to a friend about what counts as a miracle. Is it me passing my math test? Is it someone making it out of a bad car accident without a scratch? Or should the word just be reserved for the things recorded in the Gospels that Jesus did? C.S. Lewis wrote a whole book on miracles. In it he says, "You are probably quite right in thinking that you will never see a miracle done. They come on great occasion: they are found at the great ganglions of history - not of political or social history, but of that spiritual histroy which cannot be fully known by men." Lewis believes that miracles are rare. He does not take the word lightly. I think miracles are more common than Lewis believes, but less common than the way we use the word in our society. Lewis goes on to say, "How likely is it that you or I will be present when a peace-treaty is signes, when a great scientific discovery is made, when a dictator commits suicide? That we should see a miracle is even less likely." Lewis reserves the word for the great acts of God that are remembered, or prophesized about, for years and years to come.