I Believe in Miracles.... and Movies.

"People break down in to two groups: When they experience something lucky, group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there watching out for them.

Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance. I'm sure the people in group number two are looking at those fourteen lights in a very suspicious way. For them, the situation is fifty-fifty. Could be bad, could be good. But deep down, they feel that whatever happens, they're on their own. And that fills them with fear.

Yeah, there are those people.

But there's a whole lot of people in group number one. When they see those fourteen lights, they're looking at a miracle. And deep down, they feel that whatever's going to happen, there will be someone there to help them, and that fills them with hope.

See, what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, that sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?

Or look at the question this way: Is it possible that there are no coincidences?"

-Graham, from "Signs"

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I came to the conclusion long ago that life is messy. The only way to survive when bad things happen to good people, {and they will} is to remember that there is always someone looking out for me. I'm never alone, and that fills me with hope.

Bring on the alien invasion, baby. ;)

What kind of person are you? {The kind that can draw from a well of faith-building-scenes-in-movies just as readily as stories from the scriptures? Me too!}