Miracles
Still Happen! by Karen Steinmann
Have you ever met someone who has faced an acute, lifelong physical disability and all the ramifications it entails, and thought to yourself, wow … look at God?! His glory seems to shine about her. Amidst all the pain and adversity she’s faced since birth, His beautiful joy just bubbles up from her soul, Yes, a woman like this really exists — a woman who has confronted and overcome more physical challenges than most of us can imagine; who breathes in His Word daily and breathes out Jesus to all who know her; who teaches and sometimes preaches the hope of Christ to fellowmillennials at her church; who works and serves at two nonprofits in the Dallas–Fort Worth area to encourage and advocate for others with physical and mental disabilities; and who is a budding actress to boot. An actress as well? But how can this be? If you’re like us at MB Magazine, you’re intrigued and want to know more. You lean in closer, trying to understand how a young woman can praise and serve God so passionately in the midst of her infirmities. You want to figure out what she’s done to gain such confidence in who she is in Christ and her purpose on this earth. And more than anything, you want to know about the miracles … the supernatural way God has brought life and healing to her grim, painful circumstances — guiding her to thrive so passionately and share His love in such genuine, compassionate ways. Wow, we’re all saying now … look up. Look at God. Meet the remarkable Gabrielle Harris. She is that someone: a
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29-years-young whirlwind of encouragement who knows Jesus personally and blesses the socks off virtually every hurting and heartbroken soul in her world. She lays open her struggles in life and points everyone to her Healer, the one true God of the universe. And in doing so, we are supernaturally drawn to her — to her life and her story — perhaps like a doe drawn to cool water or a butterfly drawn to sweet nectar. But, we also must realize, it doesn’t have to be this way; Gabrielle could have
