{"id":36,"date":"2008-06-03T20:29:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T20:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2008\/06\/miracles-really-do-happen.html"},"modified":"2008-06-03T20:29:16","modified_gmt":"2008-06-03T20:29:16","slug":"miracles-really-do-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2008\/06\/miracles-really-do-happen.html","title":{"rendered":"Miracles really do happen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next month it will be five years since I moved to the Big Island of Hawaii from Oahu. When I was in the middle of moving someone stole a statue of Jesus, some money and a large amethyst crystal cave geode from my office. I understood them stealing the amethyst, it was worth a lot of money, but I never did understand stealing Jesus.<br \/>\nLast night I tuned into the news and they had a segment on about a pawn shop they had just raided. They had recovered a lot of as they put it odd, stolen property. I looked up just in time to see an image of my long, lost amethyst. I never thought I would see it again.<br \/>\nEarlier in the day I was looking at the small amethyst I had bought to take its place. I was thinking about moving it to another location and I had a fleeting thought about my old one. Then I went off to walk my labyrinth. Imagine my surprise when I saw my crystal!<br \/>\nEver since they stole Jesus I have been looking for a replacement. The statue I had was a very kind and happy looking Jesus, no signs of suffering or bloody hands. When I talk to the detective I&#8217;ll ask if they found Jesus as well.<br \/>\nFor the past several years a number of my animals have died. Now I am in the process of getting puppies, kittens and baby chicks. The cycle begins anew. Life truly is a cycle, the tide is in, the tide is out, one season flows into the next and we are born, we live and die.<br \/>\nThe greatest gift we can give ourselves is to savor every moment, not matter what that moment contains.<br \/>\nWith love, aloha and a big smile<br \/>\nSusan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next month it will be five years since I moved to the Big Island of Hawaii from Oahu. When I was in the middle of moving someone stole a statue of Jesus, some money and a large amethyst crystal cave geode from my office. 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