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b'I had believed in the supernatural in an abstract way. Things like that had happened in the deep and distant past or would happen in the equally deep and distant future. I hadn\\u2019t seen any miracles or obvious ruptures in the laws of physics in my own world, the place and time I inhabited.\\nAs I ran past the cemetery, I thought that through my haze of sweat and discomfort I might have heard the rumble of distant thunder. Odd, on a sunny day. But not unheard of. It could have been machinery.\\nSomeone stood in the cemetery, a young man. I nodded to him and kept running.\\nMovies with computer graphics have put an idea into our head about what miracles should look like. Fake, shiny, and artistically removed from anything but a screen. Maybe that\\u2019s why it\\u2019s hard to believe in them anymore.\\nThere were more people in the cemetery than I realized. Tons of them, all young-looking. Was there a funeral? I wondered. They had begun to mill around, smiling and chatting. I began to realize as they laughed and cheered that they weren\\u2019t visitors. They were residents.\\nSomeone walked among them. A man with nail prints on his hands and feet.\\nThe sun still beat down in the 11:00 a.m. position for the time of the month. The air was still 76% humidity. A few puffy clouds sailed overhead in the hazy sky.\\nIt was a miracle that the dead had come to life. And it was real. \\u2022 Kevin Zeller \\n\\u2022 Today\\u2019s devotion is a poetic picture of a real and promised miracle: the resurrection of God\\u2019s people, secured because of Jesus\\u2019 resurrection. When you think about miracles, what comes to mind? \\n\\u2022 What are some differences between biblical miracles and the flashy ones from movies? \\nFor if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, in the same way, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 1 Thessalonians 4:14 (CSB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\n2 Samuel 12:19-20; Psalm 51:4; 142:1-5'