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Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Limping Golden Retriever Is 'Miraculously Healed' When Given a New Toy
Limping Golden Retriever Is 'Miraculously Healed' When Given a New Toy originally appeared on PetHelpful. If you have kids at home, you know that they sometimes fake being sick or injured to get out of doing something, or more often, for attention. If you have pets at home, you know that they sometimes do the same thing, and for Megan Bartels, an inexpensive toy saved her from a very expensive vet trip when her Golden Retriever faked a leg injury. Megan shared the video towards the end of May, saying that her Golden inexplicably woke up with a limp, and they didn't know why. All he wanted was his favorite stuffed animal and to lay down, with mom doting on him. He was sad and he noticed a $7 toy from TJMaxx that was just for him! Watch on to see what happens next. For some reason, his leg immediately started feeling better and just like that, he was miraculously healed! Megan wasn't too upset - the toy saved her from a $500 vet visit. Isn't it funny how quickly pets (and kids!) feel better when they find something that they want or like?!Viewers got a kick out of the Golden's miraculous recovery and shared some funny stories of their own. @loveunicorns shared, "You can't blame him for being a smart cookie. He loves his momma and he will do anything to have her and get a toy. He knows he is a good boy!" @lilyandmaverick joked, "He's thinking 'Am I the drama????' Yes sir you are!" @tammycortwright added, "Praise the lord it's a miracle!" Commenter @Susan Ann Davis pointed out, "He's acting like a human child LOL! Play hurt and if I get something I may feel better!!!" @Jess shared, "When my dogs are hurt, I ask them if they're hurt enough for the vet. It changes their attitude quickly!" @Ciara Connery shared this relatable story, "My black Lab did this. I brought her to the vet, x-rays, everything. Got her a toy and treats because I felt so bad. Vet told me she was fine, later found out she would do this when she didn't want me to leave for work." Dogs know exactly what they're doing! Limping Golden Retriever Is 'Miraculously Healed' When Given a New Toy first appeared on PetHelpful on May 31, 2025 This story was originally reported by PetHelpful on May 31, 2025, where it first appeared.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
'Hand of God' mysteriously appears in ultrasound after mom prays for baby's health
A Kentucky woman believes her baby has been blessed by 'the hand of God' after a strange artifact appeared in her ultrasound. The 32-week scan appears to show a large hand caressing her the developing child's head in the womb. Amanda Foster, 33, who is eight months pregnant with a boy, said she has 'asked the Lord repeatedly to please keep His hand on my baby' before every appointment' after he was diagnosed with a heart condition early in the pregnancy. There was a problem with the wall that separates parts of the heart near the aorta, the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the body, which can be life-threatening. The ultrasound has gone viral online, with people calling the image 'amazing' and 'a miracle.' Others have suggested that it is actually the baby's hand, enlarged and distorted during the ultrasound. But Foster and her husband, Kyle, believe that it was God protecting their son after the health scare. ' We prayed and prayed along with several others. When we followed up with a specialist, it was gone,' Foster shared on Facebook. 'I have been so thankful that I've begun to pray before every appointment.' Foster's journey, however, began when she was just 17 years old. She was pregnant with her first son, who was diagnosed at 18 weeks with Potter's syndrome, a condition that occurs when the baby's kidneys do not develop properly or are missing. This condition hinders lung development and restricts the baby's position in the womb, causing physical features like a flattened face, low-set ears, and limb deformities. Because of these problems, Potter syndrome is considered a terminal diagnosis and Foster lost her first child. 'My thought at that time was, 'Well, if God is going to take my son, He will take me too!'' Foster shared. 'It didn't work out that way, and I developed a deep resentment and anger toward God. If that wasn't enough, I was later told it was very unlikely I would ever have a healthy baby boy since Potter's syndrome is more common in males.' Foster and Kyle later welcomed two healthy girls into the world. While she was overjoyed to be a mother, she was 'drowning in anger, pain, mind chaos and torture.' Foster, who is 32 weeks pregnant, said her son is health after being diagnosed with a heart condition 'I never doubted that God wasn't real, I just didn't want anything to do with Him because of what He had done to me,' said Foster. 'I lived a very chaotic and miserable life for a while. I had finally given up. I was tired and completely broken when I turned my life over to Jesus Christ in September of 2021.' From that moment, Foster said her entire life changed for the better, and by November, she became pregnant. 'In March of 2022, I found out he was a boy and that he was healthy! He is now two, almost three! Fast forward to now, I found out I was pregnant with another baby boy, and this pregnancy has had its ups and downs,' she said. She took her youngest daughter, Bailey, with her to the ultrasound appointment, where Bailey was the first to spot the giant hand over her soon-to-be little brother's face.
Daily Mail
23-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Is THIS where Jesus turned water into wine? Archaeologists in Israel claim they've found the exact location where the miracle took place
It is often considered a key turning point in the history of Christianity. Now, archaeologists claim to have found the exact place where Jesus turned water into wine. According to the Bible, Jesus performed this miraculous feat at a wedding in the town of Cana of Galilee. Although the true location has been disputed, experts say they have now pinpointed exactly where Cana is – and it is not the site visited by thousands of pilgrims each year. New excavations at the ruined village of Khirbet Qana, eight miles northwest of Nazareth, suggest that this lesser-known site could be the real location. Archaeological evidence from the site shows that Khirbet Qana was the site of a well-connected Jewish village during the time of Jesus' life. However, the best evidence for Khirbet Qana is the discovery of a hidden Christian worship site in an underground cave system, which dates back to the third century AD. Archaeologists even claim one of these hidden churches contains two of the vessels which might have held the water Jesus turned into wine. The real Cana of Galilee According to the Bible, Jesus performed his first miracle while attending a wedding in the town of Cana of Galilee. During the wedding, Jesus' mother, Mary, pointed out that the party had run out of wine. Upon hearing this, Jesus transformed six vessels of water used for 'ceremonial washing' into fine quality wine. In the Bible, we are told very little about the village of Cana except that Jesus went there for this wedding and on at least one other occasion. From this, we know that the real Cana must be in Galilee, close enough to Nazareth for Jesus to make the journey, and have been home to a sizeable Jewish population. Since the Middle Ages, the town of Kafr Kanna, located three miles (5km) northeast of Nazareth, has claimed to be the real site of Cana. The town is home to the 'Wedding Church' which claims to hold the real water pots used by Jesus in his miracles and is visited by thousands of tourists and pilgrims each year. Where did Jesus perform his first miracle? According to the Gospel of John, Jesus' first miracle was to turn water into wine. This was done at a wedding of an unknown couple in a village called Cana of Galilee. Historically, the town Kafr Kanna has been treated as the real location of Cana. But archaeologists now say that the nearby site of Khirbet Qana is more likely. Khirbet Qana was home to a thriving Jewish settlement at the time of Jesus' life and was the site of early Christian worship. However, Dr James Tabor, a Bible scholar, archaeologist and distinguished fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, says that Kafr Kanna's status is more likely to be due to its location than historical fact. Dr Tabor says: 'I think what's happening in the Middle Ages is that pilgrims want convenience. They're coming to Nazareth and they want to see it all. 'To see the other place, Khirbet Qana, you have to climb this unbelievable hill so, to have pilgrims trek up that in the heat of the Middle East, it's just not going to happen. 'It's so much more convenient to just go a few miles down the road and find 'the other Cana'.' The problem is that no excavation has actually found evidence of Jewish settlement beneath Kafr Kanna dating back to the Roman period. This makes it quite unlikely that this town could have been the place referred to by the author of the signal source in the Gospel of John. Dr Tabor says that the location that the archaeological evidence truly points to is the much harder-to-access site of Khirbet Qana. Since 1998, a group of archaeologists originally led by the late Professor Douglas Edwards and now by Dr Tom McCollough, of Centre College, has been excavating the nearby site of Khirbet Qana. In a research paper published in the Biblical Archaeology Review, Dr McCollough revealed that the now-abandoned site was once home to a thriving Jewish settlement between 323 BC to 324 AD. The fact that Khirbet Qana's settlement was Jewish is confirmed by the presence of a Roman-period synagogue or study hall known as a Beth Midrash and six coins printed by the leaders of the Jewish 'Maccabean' revolt. Excitingly, Dr McCollough and his team also found evidence of several bathhouses or miqva'ot. These not only indicate the presence of Jewish culture but also align with the biblical account of Jesus' miracle which says the water jars were for 'ceremonial washing'. However, what makes Khirbet Qana the most promising site for the real location of Cana of Galilee is the presence of early Christian artefacts. Dr McCollough has found an extensive network of Christian worship sites in a cave system hidden beneath the village. These chambers date from Byzantine times through the Crusader period, from 415 to 1217 AD, and some are decorated and lined with plaster. One of the cave chambers even bears Christian graffiti depicting crosses, giving the names of pilgrims or even saying 'Kyrie Iesou' or 'Lord Jesus'. In one of the chambers, researchers even discovered a series of shelves above an altar holding the remains of two water vessels (pictured) that could have been the very pots used by Jesus to perform his miracle Most excitingly of all, the archaeologists discovered an altar in one of the caves made of an upturned sarcophagus lid. Above it was a shelf containing two large stone vessels which were believed by early Christians to be the very vessels Jesus used to turn water into wine. Dr McCollough writes: 'There was space for another four. Six stone jars would have held the water that Jesus turned into wine. 'All this suggests that Khirbet Cana was regarded as New Testament Cana from a very early time.' Why was Cana important to Jesus? What makes this discovery so interesting is Cana might have been hugely important to the historical Jesus and his followers. This is possible because the account of Cana actually comes from an even more ancient part of the Bible. Dr Tabor says that the Gospel of John contains a separate, older narrative called the 'signal source' which the later gospel writer built on. Whose wedding was Jesus attending? One of the odd details of the Bible's account is that we don't know whose wedding Jesus was attending. We know that his mother, Mary, was involved in the planning and that Jesus was somehow responsible for ensuring there was enough wine. Scholars believe it might have been someone close to Jesus' family or even one of his brothers. Some have even proposed that it was Jesus' own wedding, but there is no evidence in the Bible for either view. According to Dr Tabor, there are hints in this narrative that Cana was potentially the 'headquarters' of the early Jesus movement or even a personal 'retreat' for Jesus himself. Not only was it the site of his first miracle, but the scant pieces of evidence we have also seem to hint at a more personal connection. The fact that his mother Mary is involved in the planning of the wedding suggests that it was likely a 'family affair', perhaps even the wedding of one of Jesus' four brothers. The signal source narrative then records that Jesus came back to Cana again after causing trouble in Jerusalem by clearing out the moneylenders in the temple. The Gospel of John even points out that one of Jesus' followers, Nathaniel, was originally from Cana. Dr Tabor says: 'It could well be his village headquarters – a place he felt very much at home where he could be safe and peaceful.' What would it be like to drink wine with Jesus? Although it might seem odd, wine would have played a major role in the life of Jesus and his disciples. At a time when potable water was less common, brewed and alcoholic drinks were a great source of sterile water and calories, as well as part of social and community life. That might make you wonder what it would have been like to drink the wine Jesus made or that was served at the Last Supper. Luckily, thanks to the work of some curious archaeologists, we actually have a pretty good idea. Dr Paulina Komar, an archaeologist from the University of Warsaw and expert on Roman wine, told MailOnline that wine in Jesus' day would have been very different to what we have now. Dr Komar says: 'The Romans could make good wines, good according to our standards, but they would have been different than most good wines today.' Instead of ageing in wooden barrels, Romans made wine in clay jars which were often buried underground. This required the grapes to be macerated, kept partially intact, which has a similar effect on the taste to adding boiled-down grape syrup called defrutum in modern wines. 'Clay jars allowed for microoxidation, which changed wine taste – less fresh green and yellow fruits, more dried fruits, apricot jam and slightly nutty aromas typical of today's sherry,' says Dr Komar. Roman wine was also quite a lot stronger than the wines we have today due to the wild yeasts and very sugary grapes, reaching between 15 and 16 per cent ABV. In the Gospel of John, upon drinking the wine, Jesus made the host remark: 'Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.' Dr Komar says: 'If it was a good wine, it would probably have been similar to modern Georgian qvevri wines, or amber wines in general. Bad wine would have been simply bad with a high concentration of acetic aldehyde and acetic acid. 'Posca - that means wine that almost turned into vinegar mixed with seawater - was most likely the last drink of Jesus and was typical for poor people, as well as some legionaries and slaves. 'This is most probably why in antiquity wines were spiced with a number of different herbs and spices such as pepper, thyme, rose, wormwood.' WHY IS JESUS DEPICTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS? No physical description of Jesus is found in the Bible. He's typically depicted as Caucasian in Western works of art, but has also been painted to look as if he was Latino or Aboriginal. It's thought this is so people in different parts of the world can more easily relate to the Biblical figure. The earliest depictions show him as a typical Roman man, with short hair and no beard, wearing a tunic. It is thought that it wasn't until 400AD that Jesus appears with a beard. This is perhaps to show he was a wise teacher, because philosophers at the time were typically depicted with facial hair. The conventional image of a fully bearded Jesus with long hair did not become established until the sixth century in Eastern Christianity, and much later in the West Medieval art in Europe typically showed him with brown hair and pale skin. This image was strengthened during the Italian Renaissance, with famous paintings such as The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci showing Christ. Modern depictions of Jesus in films tend to uphold the long-haired, bearded stereotype, while some abstract works show him as a spirit or light.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Federal Way man credits pet dragon ‘Spike' for saving them from a fire
Have we got a dragon of a tale for you — a Federal Way man credits his pet bearded dragon with saving his life. 'Spike,' the bearded dragon, was not about to get eaten by flames. When fire broke out in his Federal Way apartment last Saturday, he used his tail like a whip to wake up his sleeping owner. Spike's owner is counting his blessings. He thinks his life was saved because he has more work to do. If so, he has his pet dragon to thank. Donald Hale and his bearded dragon, Spike, are nearly inseparable. That likely saved both their lives last weekend. 'I witnessed a miracle right here laying on this couch,' Hale said. 'Because if my dragon don't wake me up, if he don't wake me up, I don't, I don't be here talking to y'all.' Hale had just returned from a 13-mile run Saturday night when he took some melatonin and fell into a deep sleep. So, he didn't hear the two smoke alarms going off. Lucky for him, Spike was no sleeping dragon. 'Didn't no neighbor wake me up,' said Hale. 'Didn't no alarm wake me up. My dragon woke me up. Spike!' To whip up this dragon's tale, Spike whipped Hale with his very long tail to wake him up. He discovered why when he went to the bathroom. 'When I opened the cabinet, from the pressure the smoke came out, the fire came out,' Hale said. 'I went in there and grabbed the, grabbed something to put the water in, came back, and put it out.' He was asked how it happened. 'Someone poured something down the drain,' he said. Now, Hale is thanking God and his wordless companion. 'He don't make no sound,' marveled Hale. 'He don't bark. He don't holler. But he made the loudest noise I ever heard that day in my life. By banging on my face.' If I were an intrepid reporter, I would be holding that dragon. But he's in his cage inside. Hale says he now plans to take Spike to the Grand Canyon as a thank-you trip for saving him something priceless — his life.
Washington Post
18-05-2025
- Science
- Washington Post
A toddler survived falling off a 15th-floor balcony. Experts explain how.
Incredible. Amazing. Miraculous. There have been many ways to describe a 2-year-old boy surviving a 15-story free fall off an outdoor balcony into a small bush last week in Montgomery County, Maryland. But any discussion quickly gives way to the question: How? 'The first thing to realize is that it's not the fall, it's the landing,' said Anette Hosoi, a physicist and mechanical engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
