Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: encouragement

  • ZViola

    Sacred Stories

    She was with a realtor touring a house. The home was new, but had been empty for three years.

    The daughter of the previous homeowner was there, and when it looked as though a sale was going to take place some personal contact information was to be shared.

    “What is your email address?” the daughter of the homeowner asked.

    “ZViola@blahblahblah.com,” she replied.

    The daughter of the homeowner began to cry. The home had been built by her father for her mother who passed without enjoying living there. Viola was her mother’s name.

    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.

  • Freshly-lit Cigarette

    Sacred Stories

    Her dad had passed years earlier when she was alone one evening, driving in her car with all the windows rolled up.

    The smell of a freshly-lit cigarette lifted from the back seat and filled the car.

    She knew instantly her father was visiting.

    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.

  • Silver Ladder

    Sacred Stories

    When she was just three years old, she was at the lake with her older cousins and fell off the dock and into the lake.

    Running for help, the older cousins returned with her mother, who expected to see her floating face down in the water. Instead, she was sitting on the doc soaking wet.

    When asked how she was able to get out of the water, she replied simply that she had climbed up the “silver” ladder.

    Of course, there was no silver ladder.

    To this day (some 60 plus years later) she still remembers clearly climbing up the “silver ladder.”

    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.

  • Dinner is Here!

    Sacred Stories

    A missionary was serving in a third-world country. He and his family had very little in the way of provisions, living in the mission with about a dozen others.

    One day there was absolutely no food for any of them but the missionary kept saying, “God will provide.” When it was mealtime, they gathered around the table set with dishes and utensils, but they had no food.

    The missionary started to pray, thanking the Lord for the food and for their day.

    As he finished the prayer, someone knocked at their door. It was two women saying they were very sorry for being late and asking if they had already eaten. The missionary smiled and said, “Well, not yet!”

    The women came in, delivered a wonderful meal, telling how early that morning the Lord told them to cook for that family and they were sorry for being late because they has missed the bus!

    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.

  • Road Test

    Sacred Stories

    Unemployed for almost a month now, he drove a friend to a nearby town for a dentist appointment to make a bit of cash.

    His intention was to stop by a company in that town where he had previously applied for a job but not yet been hired.

    As he was dropping the friend off at the dentist office, his phone rang. It was the man from that company saying he kept popping into his mind, and asking, “Can I get you over here to take a road test?”

    “I am here in town right now. I will be right over.”

    He took the road test, so grateful to be one step closer to being hired.

    P.S. Two days later, he started work!

    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.

  • You’re Gonna Do Great Too

    Sacred Stories

    Her husband had recently passed. She was in bed, not quite asleep yet, when the downstairs door opened.

    She heard the scuffing off of shoes then the pitter-patter of stocking-clad feet coming up the carpeted stairway.

    She felt him sit at the side of the bed, just like he always did.

    He patted her leg and said, “I miss you, but I’m doing great. You’re gonna do great too. I love you.”

    And then he was gone.

    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.

  • A Message Directly from God

    Sacred Stories

    She wanted to hear her dear friend’s guest sermon at an out of town church, but she and her husband had promised to usher at her own church that Sunday. As she was preparing for church, she was moved to gift a woman from her church with a small book. The took the book with her.

    Arriving at her church she learned that this woman’s son had taken his own life. After ushering she drove to this woman’s home and was able to be with her friend in her immediate loss and pain.

    Without “knowing” of the tragic circumstances, she knew she had received a message directly from God.

    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.

  • 27 People

    Sacred Stories

    Her friend asked her to host a gathering of folks to come together to pray the rosary. She was very busy, tried to say no, and reluctantly agreed. Asking how many people to expect, she was told 5 to 7 people.

    The day of the event, her husband suggested he make some copies of the rosary instructions in case some were not familiar. The instructions were five pages, and she was shocked that he made 27 sets.

    “Why did you make so many? You’re wasting all of my ink and all of my paper. Only 5 to 7 people usually come.”

    “God told me to make that many,” he replied.

    Exactly 27 people were there that day!

    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.

  • Reiki Class

    Sacred Stories

    She was at the local credit union when the customer service agent mentioned to her that his girlfriend was taking a Reiki class at a local yoga studio the coming weekend.

    Opening Facebook when she arrived home the following message was on her feed:

    Hi, St. Joe, Mi friends! I’m coming to town this weekend to teach a Reiki Level I course at the Yoga Studio. If you want to heal, transform, intentionally connect with energy and increase your intuitive senses… Reiki can help make that dream a reality.

    Reiki is a wonderful energy frequency that helps cleanse your body and further your spiritual understanding of yourself and the world around you. It’s simple. It’s safe for everyone. It’s life-changing.

    More info on the website! Feel free to ask me any questions! Share with friends! Register today!

    XO

    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.

  • Tickets for “Wrong” Date

    Sacred Stories

    When their tickets for the upcoming cruise arrived, the tickets were dated two weeks earlier than arranged. She was about to phone the company to have them changed when her husband calmly said, “Leave them. Perhaps there is a reason this is a better date.”

    The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized and sank after striking an underwater rock off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, on 13 January 2012, resulting in 32 deaths.

    They would have been on it….

    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.