Pink Saturday Miracle Party

"The tests of life are not meant to break you, but to make you." 

Norman Vincent Peale

oday is Pink Saturday, but not just any Pink Saturday...this one is about miracles.  To celebrate the power of "creative miracles"  Saturday August 28 is a Pink Saturday Miracle Party,  Bev from How Sweet The Sound is hosting many miracle posts.

Guidepost has created a Miracle Makeover for Colette Gautheir, who is battling cancer.  Kelee from Katillacshack and her crew from Guidepost Magazine went to Colette's home and designed a beautiful room make-over just for Colette.  Kelee has transformed this healing space and you can watch here.

Because this is a Miracle Party, we are sharing miracles.  I would like to share a miracle that changed the course of my life.

When I was married to my first husband, we had moved further out to Suffolk County on Long Island.  I was working in a town nearby as a secretary.

When my ex told me he didn't want to be married anymore, I  moved forty miles away to Great Neck, New York.  I moved into a lovely apartment around the corner from the train station, which could have taken me into NYC.






Unfortunately I still had my old job with a long commute, which left me little time to search for a new job.  I wasn't making much money at the time, and struggling financially.




One day I turned to my co-worker and told her how much I would have loved to work in New York. I told her I would love to work down the block from Rockefeller Center.  I started telling her that this had been a dream of mine since I was seventeen years old.






Shortly after my conversation with Vera, my roommate, Nancy telephoned.  She called me to tell me that her boss was relocating from Xerox, Long Island into one of their Manhattan offices.





She said that he needed a secretary and would I be interested in interviewing.   Where in Manhattan, I asked. "Oh, on Fifth Avenue and 52nd Street, just down the block from Rockefeller Center."




I nearly jumped out of my chair.  Yes, I got the job.  It was the best job I ever had, and it began a long career working at Xerox as a secretary, support representative and eventually a sales representative.



I received many promotions and pay raises which eventually allowed me to move into Manhattan.



One of my customers, Sue who became a good friend introduced me to Marble Collegiate Church, where I had the opportunity to hear Norman Vincent Peale teach on the power of positive thinking. I began listening to his tapes and attending Marble Collegiate regularly.



Reading Norman Vincent Peale's books, hearing his words and studying God's word helped me to overcome the hurts in my life, it taught me to replace bitterness with the sweet words found in a positive outlook, and a change of heart.


Miracles Do Happen.  Something we find over and over again in the words of Norman Vincent Peale, and God’s Word. We can find it in Guidepost Magazine through the many miracle stories that have been told since Norman began this amazing work.

Since those days in the 70’s in Manhattan sitting in Marble Collegiate on Sundays, listening to Norman's sermons, trying to memorize each one of his words,  I have had many many miracles.  Norman was right, and how glorious that his work lives on today through Guidepost and angels like Kelee.

"When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things." Norman Vincent Peale

Please leave a comment here.  Let's all pray that Colette receives many more miracles during her road to recovery. 

 The song for this post is called Miracles.

favorite watercolor painting which I created a while back,  is called Miracle.  There on the ground amongst rocks and dirt, a flower blooms...  


The painting is matted in a forest green mat and framed in a gold frame with flora etchings.  This painting is being given away on Kalee's post.  So, please stop by and leave a comment.

"Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible." Norman Vincent Peale

Lovely Sherry from Country Wings in Phoenix,  Bev from Pink Saturday and Charlotte who is hosting many bloggers on Spiritual Sunday are joining today's celebration of Miracles and prayer for even more miracles for Colette.  Please visit them, be uplifted by this party of miracles and leave a comment.