Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: encouragement

  • Heart in a Tree

    Sacred Stories

    Her day was done, and her thoughts peacefully tucked, beyond the soiled ground, which soaked up the rain drops. While yet, the sun glowed with radiant delight. A sweet glow of tangerine mist filled the sky, as her heart settled near the base of the tree.

    She sat reflecting, the moment, of stillness, and felt two hearts close to hers. Her mom, and now her dad.

    Her eyes drifted to the middle of the tree.

    A heart with much fullness embraced her, drawing her in.

    She felt a breeze, and wiping the tears from her eyes, she heard a whisper. She listened again. She heard it with her ears. She listened yet again, and this time it came from her heart:

    “I will never leave you. My heart surrounds yours. I will be with you. Trust your heart, I will guide you. We love you, Mom & Dad.”

    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.

  • Acorn

    Sacred Stories

    At the conclusion of the retreat, everyone pitched in to clean the common areas. As she was stacking chairs in the meeting room, she found a small acorn.

    She picked it up, and took it home.

    A couple of days later, she picked up the acorn and held it in her hand as a “touchstone” while she meditated. When she finished meditation, she opened the Daily Word to read the message for that day, she read these words: As I hold a small acorn…

    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.

  • Robbery Thwarted and More

    Sacred Stories

    She was at home when two men entered their home with the intention to rob them.

    She was just overcome by courage. She began to speak to the two men like they were children, saying, “You should be ashamed of yourself, you have no right to be here, and you need to leave before you get in trouble.”

    And they did!

    Sharing her experience with her spiritual teacher later, she was assured she had overcome the karma of fear of being accosted and she would never have to face that again in this life.

    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.

  • Lightening!

    Sacred Stories

    His twin brother had recently died. Feeling bereft, and needing to get away, he went to visit girlfriend.

    He looked out the window and saw a bolt of lightening coming straight down. The lightening struck a tree outside the window, breaking off a large branch. The branch fell onto the truck he had just driven there in.

    It was his brother’s truck.

    His brother’s password for everything was “Lightening!”

    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.

  • Timing is Everything

    Sacred Stories

    Lou was a young pastor just finishing up his first year in his first church. That September, he said to one of his church leaders, “Hey, David, do you think I could take off the Sunday after Thanksgiving?”

    “Sure,” he said, “just make sure you get someone to do the service. Are you and your wife going to go away to a football game?”

    “No, I will have to leave town that weekend. My Grandmother is going to die then.”

    “What? How can you possibly know that?” David demanded.

    “Well, she is dying, and when her son, my Uncle, visited her this week, she said her goodbyes to him. He wasn’t ready for that, and made her promise to be with him this Thanksgiving. So she will stay for that, then go.”

    About ten weeks later, Lou got the call that his grandmother had died—the day after Thanksgiving. He was able to go to her funeral.

    If we listen to the people we love, they will tell us what their plans are!

    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.

  • I Could Smell Him

    Sacred Stories

    She and her mom were both still reeling from the death of her brother, who was a senior in high school.

    One day her mom said, “Did you smell him? I could smell him….”

    It was such a new thing for both of them. They knew what they smelled.

    “Yes,” she said to her mom, “I smelled him too.”

    (One of the more common ways the spirit of a loved one can manifest when it is near, is scent.)

    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.

  • Answered Prayer

    Sacred Stories

    Her husband was being cared for in a facility, due to advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She was feeling some concern about her upcoming scheduled time away.

    Before going to visit him that day, she said a little prayer, asking if he was doing OK.

    His communication essentially had become “word salad.” The term word salad refers to random words or phrases linked together in an often unintelligible manner.

    During that visit, her husband burst out in a spontaneous clear declaration, “I don’t have anything to be concerned about!”

    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.

  • Butterflies….

    Sacred Stories

    People often see butterflies, and butterflies are symbols of new life.

    So many butterflies….

    She knew they were messengers, telling her he was with her.

    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.

  • Simon and Garfunkel

    Sacred Stories

    She was shopping for some special gifts.

    The shop was quiet when she entered, but soon Simon and Garfunkel began to play.

    She had to breathe deeply and hold it together.

    She’d just left a session doing profound healing work around her mother’s death.

    Simon and Garfunkel was her mother’s favorite group. She knew this was a message of confirmation and love….

    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.

  • “Dad”

    Sacred Stories

    Her dad had lived with her for about 5 months before he passed.

    The bedroom set in the guestroom where he stayed, had belonged to his sister.

    After he passed, she put a few of his belongings in the bottom drawer, but the handles have since broken off and she cannot get the drawer open.

    Perhaps that is the reason that room smells like her dad….

    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.