Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles: 101 Stories of Hope, Answered Prayers and Divine Intervention

by Amy Newmark

Overview

These true stories of answered prayers, divine intervention, messages from heaven and miraculous healing will give you hope and deepen your faith.

Miracles happen every day—to people from all walks of life. You’ll be inspired, awed and comforted by these 101 stories from ordinary people who’ve had extraordinary experiences, including:

• Maggie, who told her mom at age 12 that she would marry the handsome star of her favorite movie, and then through a series of coincidences met him as an adult while an actress. She and Mark have been married more than 40 years.
• Cherri, who dreamt she found her drowned toddler floating in a neighbor’s pool after an extensive search. When she awoke, her son was actually missing. Cherri ran straight to the neighbor’s and found her son kneeling at the edge of the pool.
• Robert, who was pronounced dead after 30 minutes of CPR but whose wife insisted the doctor go back in and keep trying. All Robert remembers is an angel who kept pushing him away from the threshold of a serene blue-lit place he wanted to enter.
• Sherry, the Army officer who lost the diamond from her ring on the first day of training, spent weeks looking for it, and prayed during her graduation for it to be returned to her. Then she looked down and saw it in the mud between her boots.
• Lynn, who dreamt she saw a couple leave their newborn by a well where two women found her. A year later, Lynn adopted a one-year-old girl from China. When she and her daughter visited the orphanage 14 years later they saw the well where she had been left and met the two women who found her, exactly as in the dream.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611599978
Publisher:	Chicken Soup for the Soul
Publication date:	02/04/2020
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	356,550
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.40(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Amy Newmark is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Table of Contents

1 Miracles Happen

1 Mark and Maggie Mark Maggie Damon 2

2 Meant to Be Stephanie Claypool 6

3 Just When I Needed It Carol Gaido-Schmidt 10

4 My Rescue Gwyn Schneck 13

5 Meteors, Miracles, and Messengers Dan Glass 16

6 Sophie's Story Julie R 20

7 I Believe Laura Rakowski-Cole 23

8 A Crisis of Faith Lori Carpenter Jagow 26

9 Fifteen Years Lynn M. Jorgenson 30

10 Close Calls or Divine Intervention? Arthur Wiknik, Jr. 33

2 Divine Intervention

11 The Yellow Hammer Jennifer Carr 37

12 She Walked In Brenda Beattie 39

13 What Apache Knew Jennie Ivey 42

14 Dad's Umbrella Nancy MacDonald 44

15 An Important Message Deborah Shouse 47

16 Go and See Your Mom Coleen Kenny 50

17 Cookie-Tin Treasure Diana Perez 54

18 The Writing on the Mirror Tonya K. Grant 56

19 Miracle at McDonald's Diana Bauder 58

20 The Sewing Machine Susan Blackwood 60

3 Lost and Found

21 The Gold Ring Andrea Lebedovych Bilaniuk 63

22 The French-Door Connection Carol Limoges Roper 66

23 Frank's Last Gift Genevieve C. West 70

24 The Lost Cell Phone Karen Anderson 72

25 No Miracle Is Too Small Sherry A. Wilson 75

26 Our Mysterious Luck Kim Forrester 77

27 A Lesson in Faith Linda Mello 81

28 The Four-Leaf Clover Erin T. Hives 85

29 Faith Is the Key Judee Stapp 88

4 Everyday Miracles

30 Iowa Signs Laurie Window Sargent 92

31 A Found Friend Lisa Hutchison 96

32 Perfect Match Sandra Sladkey 99

33 The Angel Tree Michelle Jackson 101

34 The Elevator Pitch Marcia Moston 104

35 Ernie's Yellow Plane Jenny Pavlovic 107

36 One Hour Michael P. Shearer 110

37 Trusting My Intuition Lynn Sunday 112

5 How Did That Happen?

38 A Pony from Heaven Annie Riess 116

39 Behind the Wheel Fradl Adams 119

40 Out of Order D. M. Tobey 122

41 The 430 Miracle Sandy Martin 124

42 Visiting Mrs. Smith Dawn Byrne 126

43 A Bad Feeling Jane McBride Choate 129

44 The Sign Leona Campbell 131

45 Christmas in July Barbara Alpert 136

46 The Sparkle of Jewel Linda Kinnamon 140

47 Clear Direction Tamilyn Sosa 144

6 Perfect Timing

48 A Wink from the Universe Heidi Allen 147

49 My Angel Had Feathers Dorann Weber 151

50 The Labyrinth Maureen Boyd Biro 153

51 Letting Go Sara Lynn Valentine 157

52 From Princess to Queen Suzanne Gill 160

53 Comfort for the Caregiver Christina Ryan Claypool 163

54 The Rancher and the Pheasant Lady Sandy Nadeau 167

55 The Perfect Wait Hannah Edmonds 170

56 Love Wins Emily Allen 173

7 Answered Prayers

57 A Mother Knows Crystal Duffy 177

58 An Intense Urge Wendy Klopfenstein 181

59 Lost Dog Gregg Heid 183

60 Our Miracle Child Rebecca Krusee 186

61 The Rosary in Mom's Purse Gloria Pape Caviglia 189

62 By the Side of the Road Dawn M. Klinge 192

63 The Mourning Dove Kay Conner Pliszka 195

64 Waiting on a Miracle Tabitha Bouldin 197

65 St. Gerard and Me Nancy Emmick Panko 201

8 Amazing Coincidences

66 An Unbreakable Bond Kristi Blakeway 205

67 How to Upstage a Bride Nancy Emmick Panko 209

68 My Lucky Day LaRonda Bourn 213

69 Cutting the Umbilical Cord Sara Etgen-Baker 215

70 A Miracle at the Stoplight Kelly A. Smith 219

71 The Last Hitch Phil Merens 221

72 Perfect Jeannie Rogers 225

73 A Tooth for a Tooth Mark Rickerby 227

74 Whale of a Tale Jeanna C. Godfrey 230

9 Comfort from Beyond

75 The Letter Annie Bucknall 235

76 Going Home Kathie McCracken 239

77 The Dream Susan R. Butler 243

78 I Asked for a Sign Jan Bono 245

79 Father of the Bride Mary Beth Magee 248

80 My Brother's Forgiveness Susan Lewis 251

81 A Special Lottery Rose Robertson 255

82 The Wind Beneath My Wings Lee St. John 258

83 The Rainbow Gail Gabrielle 261

10 Miraculous Healing

84 One in a Million Tim Burke 265

85 The Miracle of My Perfect Eyes Carol Andrews 268

86 White as Snow Ferna Lary Mills 271

87 Amazing Grace Jill Burns 274

88 Just in Time Leslie Nelson 277

89 The Great Physician Rebecca Ruballos 280

90 Pass Me the Holy Water Carol March 283

91 Borrowed Wings Krista Soderlund 287

11 Angels by Our Sides

92 The Day I Died Robert Cuccio 291

93 Angel in the Navy-Blue Skirt Donna Riner Weber 294

94 A Moment of Terror Sarah J. Knott 298

95 They Only Saw Me Maureen Carol Bradford 301

96 Angel Print Lisa Fortner 305

97 A Dream That Saved a Life Cherri Taylor 307

98 I'm Just Fine, Darlin' Arlene Ledbetter 309

99 Tailor-Made Jack Byron 312

100 No Worries Connie Kaseweter Pullen 316

101 The Doctor Who Wasn't There Eloise Faust 319

Meet Our Contributors 322

Meet Amy Newmark 339

Thank You 341

Editorial Reviews

01/20/2020

Newmark (The Forgiveness Fix), editor-in-chief and publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, serves up a spirited collection of stories written by the people who experienced miraculous events. Including quick stories of brushes with danger, like a mom who witnessed an unseen force throw an attacking dog off of her son, and unexplainable healings, such as a four-year-old whose family was told he would die but was brought back from the brink of death without explanation, each tale provides examples of events that strengthened the faith of those who lived through them. Included are multiple instances of people who heard God speaking to them whether out of thin air or through a messenger, with each culminating in a miracle. There are also some less spectacular encounters and events that Newmark believes are verifiable miracles—the unlikely meeting of old friends in an elevator, a check arriving a decade late in the exact amount needed for a new purchase. These stories will leave readers who already believe in miracles with renewed faith. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"Chicken Soup for the Soul: Believe in Miracles is a collection of heartwarming stories of real-life experiences that recount amazing and unexplained events that have occurred in the lives of the contributors that will leave the reader with a feeling of awe and wonder."

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