Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: message

  • Red-Shouldered Hawk – A Close Encounter

    On Sunday, she received this wonderful blessing from a spiritual teacher who goes by the name Mother.

    I am with you and I will climb on the back of your bike and enjoy the outings with you. If you go past something that catches your eye, just tap me on the shoulder and say to me, “Mother, did you see that?”

    Or I’ll tap you on the shoulder and say, “Did you see this???”

    Monday morning she was out riding her bike when she saw a Red-shouldered Hawk on a power line. Hawks are often skittish, appearing to be almost “camera” shy. Speaking to the hawk, she stopped her bike and began slowly walking closer. The hawk watched her as she took some photos and then flew up, landing in the yard across the street. Still speaking softly to the bird, she was able to stand within about three feet! She was even able to get a video of some ground behavior she had never seen before. An online search said this seems to be a hawk hunting technique: rooting around the dry grass like a chicken.

    When the hawk flew to the edge of the garage, she stood directly below as the hawk looked down, making direct eye contact.

    She felt the Mother’s energy and imagined her saying, “Did you see this!!!”

    It is thought that hawks represent focus, clarity, determination, and intelligence.

    “Thank you, Hawk, and thank you, Mother,” she breathed.

    Hawks symbolize spiritual awareness because these are all traits you need to be more spiritually aware.

  • Angel in a Laundromat

    Sacred Stories

    After her young husband had died, almost 25 years earlier, she had sold their home. Preparing to leave, she looked back into their now empty living room. A folded piece of paper was lying in the middle of the floor.

    She was feeling so lonely, broken, and lost.

    She picked up the paper and unfolded it, and read, “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.”

    She never knew where that folded piece of paper came from—it was just lying there in the middle of her empty living room floor. She knew that message was meant for her.

    Twenty five years later she writes about another experience:

    Today, my husband and I were in a laundromat. There was a young boy, dressed in a suit, doing his laundry. He and my husband began to talk. The young man told my husband he had gone to church and was washing and drying his clothes because their dryer had broken. That is the same reason we were there.

    The young man’s dad is was in a wheel chair.

    The young man was such a happy guy, just smiling and doing his laundry.

    I told my husband what a great kid he was, and I wondered aloud how old he was.

    As I was on the other side of the wall folding blankets, and I could hear my husband talking to the young man again. My husband said, “My wife commented on what a nice young man you are, how old are you?”

    I heard the young man say he was 14. He and my husband were still talking as I went out and loaded blankets in the car.

    When I came back in to get the rest of our clothes, my husband said the young man had told him he had a message for me.

    The message was:”God has a plan for you.”

    I almost fell over.

    To my husband, that was just something very nice that young boy said to me, but to me it was another direct message to me. I was familiar with the message.

    Thank you, God, for always reminding me you’re in control and have a plan for my life. And thank you to that beautiful angel in that young man whose words touched my heart.

    Angels are always around us if we just listen.

    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.