My Favorite Miracle Stories

by Joe L. Wheeler

The second book in Joe L. Wheeler s Favorite Stories collection. In the house all was dark and quiet almost. For there was pale-blue light in the kitchen, with the gentle rustle of a boiling liquid. The light came from a gas burner whose flame was turned down low, the sound from the coffeepot, whose contents were simmering away. But there was no one around to see the soft blue glow or hear the murmuring sound from the coffeepot. Only Ralph was in the house, and he was asleep upstairs. . . . Now the gentle sound gave way to a hiss, and then a sputter. In a few seconds, this stopped and the pale-blue light went out. Then the only sound was a soft whisper as the gas sighed its way past the lips of the gas jets and escaped into the freedom of the kitchen. . . . Slowly and gently the deadly vapor filled the kitchen, rolled into the dining room, and then silently climbed the stairs and sidled into the room where Ralph lay sleeping. . . . As Ralph s wristwatch and his heartbeats steadily ticked off the moments of life, . . . while the gas jets in the kitchen without hurry and without cessation insistently released their death-bringing fumes into the air. . . . And then God spoke. You d better wake up, Ralph! Is there a difference between miracle stories and coincidence stories? Well, there certainly ought to be a difference. I have come to this if there is no clear indication of divine intervention in a given story, I see no valid reason to consider it spiritually miraculous. Joe L. Wheeler

192 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2015

About the author

Joe Wheeler has been labeled many things: as Father Christmas because of his editing/compiling America’s longest-running Christmas of story series — Christmas in My Heart (now in its 18th season); as one of America’s leading story anthologists (56 story collections by twelve publishing houses); as the world’s foremost authority on life and times of the frontier writer Zane Grey (he is co-founder and executive director of the international Zane Grey’s West Society); as a biographer, having written full-length biographies of Abraham Lincoln and St. Nicholas and shorter biographies of Louisa May Alcott, Abbie Farwell Brown, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Gene Stratton Porter, Grace Richmond, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and Lew Wallace; and as a Renaissance Man because of his encyclopedic interest in everything (popular culture as well as the academic); and his master’s degree in the teaching of History, his master’s degree in English (thesis on Utopian and Dystopian literature), and his Vanderbilt doctorate in English (History of Ideas emphasis).

Because of all these variables, and stirring in his 71 books (and counting), this blog series promises to be unlike any other — and that’s why he titles the series, “UNCHARTED WATERS.”

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection is exquisite

I gave this book a 5 Star for its content. I confess I would have enjoyed the stories more in the first person. I think it would have felt more personal. With that said the author did an exquisite job choosing the stories for this edition. Every story touched a different part of my heart. I recommend to the person stuck in the rut of mundane life. Only for the sheer fact that each story pulls you into a supernatural realm and out of the everyday monotony of life. Enjoy this book, use it as a springboard for thankfulness and praise to a God that doesn’t want to be invisible.

[Kathy P. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Touching and inspiring

I don't believe in coincidences so these miracle stories were a big draw to me. God has performed miracles in my own life, so based on my own experiences, it is easy to believe. If you are like me, believing God, then you will love these stories. I now want to read all of the books this author has written.