-
Love is Strange
Sacred Stories She and their baby son had gone to stay with her parents, to give her husband some time to sort things out.
Her friend was out for a bike ride and came upon a larger-than-life chalk message on the newly blacktopped road.
The message was, “Hey! Everything will be okay. Love is strange.”
Too big to fit into a single photo, her friend snapped several, and sent them to her.
Her response?
“Thank you! My parents just left for church and I’m sitting here feeding the baby and, for the first time, feeling the weight of this separation. The universe has wonderful timing! Thank you for taking the time to share with me.”
Although they have no idea who left this amazing message, they are grateful!
If you would like to share a sacred story, send email to debra@scs-matters.com.
-
Headstone
Sacred Stories One of the most difficult tasks of their lives lay ahead of them: selecting a headstone for their infant baby daughter.
Browsing the website, hoping that looking before they went would help her get through it, a black slant-cut heart-shaped stone caught her attention. She did not mention this to her husband, preferring to allow him to have his own thoughts about the selection when they were there.
Asking about the slant-cut heart, she was told that was not really slant-cut, it just looked that way in the photo.
They determined the black stone was out of their budget, and were settling for a lighter grey regular heart-shaped stone, when the woman helping them timidly asked if they would be interested in seeing a small black stone that had been ordered by someone else, not realizing it was for an infant.
The stone was exactly what she had “seen” online!
Our lives are made so much richer by sharing. Please send email to debra@scs-matters.com if you have a sacred story to share.
-
Acupuncture
Sacred Stories Her husband was in rehab. He had not yet regained bowel function, was bloated, toxic, terribly uncomfortable, and growing frustrated with the unsuccessful treatment: stool softener, laxative, suppository. “You would think a progressive hospital like this would have acupuncture available,” she lamented.
That was noon.
At 7:00 pm, she received a call from a client she had been playing phone tag with. The client was glad to make contact, hoping to schedule an appointment. “Unfortunately, my calendar is at home, and I am at Mary Free Bed hospital with my husband.”
“Oh, that is such a wonderful facility. My niece was there for rehab and she did great. I will say, it was the acupuncture that really helped her,” the client chimed in.
“Acupuncture?” she inquired.
“Oh, yes, they offer acupuncture at the Wege Institute connected to the hospital,” was the response.
Her husband had acupuncture the next day, and had a normal bowl movement after just one treatment.
Every day since her husband had been moved to rehab, she had parked in the lot right next door to the Wege Institute.
What we need is probably always closer to us than we might think….
-
Lifeguard
Sacred Stories He was walking on the local pier with some friends.
St. Joseph North Pier Lights in St. Joseph Michigan 707855 Several guys, slightly older than he and his friends, jumped off the pier into the water. One started going down! Others were calling out that they could not swim.
His friends did just what he knew not to do. They jumped in to try to save the others.
He did what he had been trained to do: grab a life ring and toss it to the person in the water so you can pull that person to safety from your own stable position.
Interestingly, he had just learned that in lifeguard training the previous day….
Coincidence or divine timing, call it what you will.
-
Coke!
Sacred Stories Following his transition, a young man’s mother was feeling very bereft. When she went into a convenience store one day, to buy a cola, she numbly slid the cooler door open.
Reaching in, there on the shelf of the cooler, staring right out at her, was a bottle with her son’s first name!
Right next to the bottle with his first name on it, she was looking at a bottle with his middle name!
It is true that messages are everywhere. Those who love us never leave us.
-
Best Mechanic in Georgia
Sacred Stories Traveling from the south, they were in the HOV lanes on I-75 coming through Atlanta when they “mistakenly” got onto I-85. Wondering how they might have gotten confused, they soon were in a traffic slow down.
Because they were sitting still, they smelled something hot, and then they saw steam rising from beneath the hood. They knew they needed to get somewhere to have the vehicle checked out.
They took the next exit, and when that road came to a T, they turned left. They saw a body shop and pulled in. The employee said they did not do engine repair, but right next door was one of the best mechanics in the state of Georgia!
A heater hose failure was discovered. They stopped before the car even got hot. Robert was able to repair the car and get them back on the road in less than an hour.
How had they gotten on the wrong road and ended up at one of the best mechanics in Georgia? Obviously, they had help!
-
Charm
Sacred Stories End-over-end ‘rattling’ came from the dryer. She assumed her husband had left a coin in his pocket.
She opened the door: the dryer held only one pair of athletic shorts and two tee-shirts. Nothing with buttons or zippers or snaps to make the noise. She fished the items around, but found no coin.
Then she spotted something shiny, wedged right in to the seam of the drum, where the part that turns meets the part that is stationary.
She reached in and picked up a small silver charm. She turned it over in her hand. It was engraved with her daughter’s name and date-of-birth.
There was no human explanation for how it got in the dryer, but she knew it was from the “grandma’s brag bracelet” worn by her mother.
Her mother’s Celebration of Life was 13 years ago to the day!
-
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Sacred Stories About ten days before the big party, the forecast was 100% chance of rain. When she asked her mother for help doing “frog medicine” to alter the weather pattern, her mother teased her about not trusting God with the weather. Her mother reminded her of a significant event recently. a hearing that might have resulted in the loss of a drivers license, due to a number of accidents. On the way to the hearing, the prayer was simply, “God hasn’t failed us yet.”
She could trust God with the big stuff but not the weather? Is frog medicine more powerful than God?
Her reply was, “Frog medicine is not more powerful than God, but I think God appreciates our help.”
Our help in whatever is happening may be our trust….
The result? No rain that day!
