Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: divine timing

  • The Shack

    Sacred Stories

    The end of the movie really didn’t make sense to her, so when she took a friend who was having some very hurtful family dynamics to see it (thinking it would be healing for her) she was also looking forward to having an opportunity to maybe understand that last scene.

    When she watched the movie the second time with her friend, that scene was not in the movie.

    She realized immediately the mystical experience working to get her to bring her friend, who was affected by the film.

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Dr. Flamm

    Sacred Stories

    He had finally been able to see a doctor and he now had a diagnosis and a prescription, but he was incarcerated and denied pain medication. He knew people in prison often faked pain to get drugs, but he knew this pain was real.

    He continued to report severe discomfort. He finally saw a neurosurgeon who concurred with the original diagnosis but clarified that his was a nerve sheath tumor. Surgery was too risky for this doctor to consider but he made a referral to another neurosurgeon who had experience with this procedure.

    He felt such relief just being seen by someone who validated the pain he had been experiencing for so long. This surgeon had been trained by the man who developed the procedure that could help.

    Desiring to learn more about the procedure, he asked for the name of the doctor this surgeon had trained under.

    “Eugene S. Flamm, M.D.”

    He instantly recognized the gift in all of the unfolding over the past year, everything having led to this connection. His last name is also Flamm!

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Stanley Steemer

    Sacred Stories

    The carpet cleaning company her husband had called days ago had still not returned his call. They needed to get the carpet in the house they just purchased before moving stuff in from their current home to get it staged. Expressing her angst, the man they purchased the new home from told her he had an estimate from someone who was working at the home of a neighbor a few weeks earlier.

    Placing a call to Stanley Steemer she referenced that estimate and explained the circumstances.

    The carpet cleaning was scheduled for late that same day! Schooled to always note the name of the person in case of any future questions regarding the service, she asked the name of the woman who was helping her.

    They were both surprised and delighted to discover they had the same first and middle name—even spelled the exact same way!

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Dental Floss

    Sacred Stories

    Sunday was the first night she spent in her new home. Awake Monday at 3:30 am her mind went to all the unpacking still needing to be done. She got up and quietly worked in the master bathroom as her husband slept in the adjacent bedroom. Sorting the significant assortment of sample-sized dental floss her eyes landed on one very unusual one.

    Her breath stopped. Tears of joy trickled down her cheeks.

    Her very dear friend had just given birth to a baby girl late Saturday night. This was an especially significant birth since this mom had a twin daughter live only three-and-one-half days 20 months prior.

    At 8:28 am, the new mom sent her a text message, “How was night #1?”

    “I could ask you the same thing!” she responded. “Mine was good, but short. I resisted the urge to send a text message to you at 4:00 am while I was up organizing the master bathroom and found this:”

    “LOL. I was up!”

    This precious new baby girl’s name is Iris!

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share? Send email to debra@scs-matters.com.

  • Lifeguard

    Sacred Stories

    He was walking on the local pier with some friends.

    St. Joseph North Pier Lights in St. Joseph Michigan 707855
    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.