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Spirit Filled … Sculptor?

I think it’s kind of funny how one of the first places a guy in the Bible was “filled with the Spirit” it made him a gifted artist, a sculptor. It doesn’t mention miracles, speaking in tongues, or prophesying.

Exodus 30:1-5 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.

What would it be like to be filled with the Spirit… as a chef? or a social worker? or a computer geek?

Pretty Sure It Was a Miracle

I believe we have seen a miracle in our home.

One of the people in my family has made funny clicking noises related to how their teeth do not meet correctly. Sometimes they do it multiple times per second. It has been this way for years.

Then on March 1, they woke up and all of that stopped. Their jaw feels different. Their teeth meet differently. The clicking noises are gone.

I am slow to call something a miracle for any number of reasons.

Sometimes people see a miracle because they *want* to. Or, it could be a simple misperception. It may be a natural, not a supernatural, phenomenon.

Also, I am a scientist. If God really did a medical healing, you would expect some good evidence (someone can probably cite examples to the contrary, but I’m just sort of writing this out spontaneously). If the cancer disappeared, you should be able to compare a ‘Before’ CAT scan and an ‘After’ CAT scan and see the difference. You know? Either he healed it, or he did not. There shouldn’t be much room for debate.

Or, if you tried every possible treatment for debilitating, lifelong allergies and they all failed, and then someone with the gift of miraculous healing prays for you, and the next day the symptoms are 100% gone, that’s pretty compelling.

If your body healed itself from the flu, I’m not really sure that counts as a miracle. (Although I think a body that heals is — literally — miraculous. Consider https://freespiritseedcompany.com/2021/10/20/science-vs-miracles) If you prayed for a parking space and got one, well, maybe it was, maybe not.

Anyways, this healing in my family doesn’t seem like ‘circumstantial evidence.’ We weren’t hoping for healing. We didn’t even pray about it. We were just bee-bopping along doing normal ol’ things, we wake up one ordinary morning, and BAM! Things were different.

So, I don’t know. I think it probably was.

I just thought I’d share.