Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: Sacred Stories

  • I Saw The Other Side

    She works in hospice care. She had a gentleman patient with a type of blood cancer. She did a Reiki session.

    He had never had or heard of Reiki. He was open to it.

    In the beginning before she started he was very talkative and had high energy.

    She did a subtle guided meditation at the beginning along with the Reiki.

    She moved to his left side and held Reiki.

    He started to cry saying, “Something’s happening.” He went silent and his body completely relaxed.

    After the session he shared with her, “I thought I was dying. I thought I stopped breathing. My body became so relaxed. I saw the other side for a second. I was ready. I was OK to die. I’ll never forget that feeling. Thank you.”

    These are such powerful experiences and it is important that we are comfortable sharing with one another. Please let me know when you have sacred stories to tell.

  • How are you and Ed doing?

    Sacred Stories

    She had been thinking about her friend. The last message from her friend had come in on March 22. That message was about her friend’s husband having been hospitalized in ICU.

    One month later, she received a message asking about a session for her friend’s daughter.

    She wrote back, asking about her friend’s husband.  “How are you and Ed doing?”

    The friend said, “I think I need a session, too.” They agreed to meet the following morning.

    Her friend showed her she had sent a text message with the news that her husband had passed.

    She grabbed her phone.

    Although it showed up in her friend’s phone as having been sent, they were both shocked to see that the message about him having passed was not in her string of text messages!

    (Note – Interference with technology is a commonly shared ‘happening’ by loved ones who have passed.)

    Grateful to know beyond a doubt, my friend AND her husband are both doing well….

     

     

     

     

  • You Say

    She had had yet another stressful interaction with her husband. Knowing she was not as skillful in her words as her whole being longed to be, she had a dream.

    In the dream, she heard words of reassurance and comfort. She could not see whom the words were coming from, but in her heart she knew these words were a message from God.

    Some days passed, and these words continued to resonate within her mind.

    When someone she was meeting for the first time pulled up on her iPhone a song this woman had found especially meaningful, the words of the song were THE WORDS from her dream.

    The words were Lauren Daigle’s single “You Say” from her album Look Up Child.

    You Say

    I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough
    Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up
    Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low
    Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know
    Ooh oh
    You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
    You say I am strong when I think I am weak
    And you say I am held when I am falling short
    And when I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours
    And I believe (I)
    Oh I believe (I)
    What You say of me (I)
    I believe
    The only thing that matters now is everything You think of me
    In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity
    Ooh oh
    You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
    You say I am strong when I think I am weak
    And you say I am held when I am falling short
    And when I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours
    And I believe (I)
    Oh, I believe (I)
    What You say of me (I)
    Oh, I believe
    Taking all I have and now I’m laying it at Your feet
    You have every failure, God, You have every victory
    Ooh oh
    You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing
    You say I am strong when I think I am weak
    You say I am held when I am falling short
    When I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours
    And I believe (I)
    Oh, I believe (I)
    What You say of me (I)
    I believe
    Oh, I believe (I)
    Yes I believe (I)
    What You say of me (I)
    I believe

    Source: Musixmatch
    Songwriters: Jason Ingram / Paul Mabury / Lauren Daigle
    You Say lyrics © Centricsongs, So Essential Tunes, SEE YOU AT THE PUB

  • Healing Touch

    The hospital she worked in as a nurse offered a 1-hour introduction to Healing Touch. The very next day after she attended the intro, a patient with brain cancer was having a lot of difficulty mitigating pain.

    The family was doing massage, they were playing soft music in the room, they were doing calming touching, and speaking lovingly. Nothing was helping.

    She kept calling the doctor, asking for more pain medication for the patient, although the increases offered no relief.

    Finally, the doctor said he could not increase the dosage any more.

    Speaking to the patient, she explained that while they could not administer any additional medication, if the patient was open, she would do some Healing Touch.

    She prayed. She knew so little. She hoped it would help.

    It was as though she was in an altered state. Her hands got hot. She was almost out-of-body. She only did it for about five minutes.

    She stopped and then opened her eyes. Her brow was sweaty and her hair was damp.

    As she regained her focus, a family member gasped.

    The patient was peacefully sleeping….

    (Debra is certified in Healing Touch. Janet Mentgen, the nurse who developed the Healing Touch training program would tell her students, “Just do the work.”)

  • It Is Well

    She arrived at retreat with the deep awareness of letting go of worry and control. She would have no email, text, or phone access while on retreat for the next seven days. Her daughter and son-in-love were leaving dock the following day. They would be working their way to the Gulf of Mexico, then on to the Carribean, living on the 35-foot sailboat named after his late mother for the next year and a half.

    During introductions, one of the women at the retreat shared that she and her partner had left California and had for the past ten months been living aboard a sailboat! They were currently in the sea of Cortez. Wow….

    A few days into the retreat, the woman who was living on the sailboat was given this message from Jesus: “Humans have been sailing on the seas since time immemorial. The way to keep your self safe is to focus inside where the waters are always calm. You will be safe. Enjoy. Really look into the sunset. Really smell the salt air. Really be with this adventure. All will be well. And all manner of things will be well.”

    She fully recognized the message from Jesus was for her too.

    Home from the retreat, a text message to her daughter included the synchronicity about having been with a retreat attendee who was also currently sailing for life, along with the message that had come from Jesus.

    “I have been coloring this week,” her daughter quickly sent a text message back, along with this photo:


  • 2,500 Songs!

    Sacred Stories

    He wanted his mom to play his song.

    Three Little Birds is an awesome memory and connection to his twin sister, who had lived 3 1/2 days.

    His mom could not play the song for him, because she had taken the cord into the house to recharge her iPad, and had forgotten to put the cord back in the car.

    The following morning as they were leaving the house, he reminded his mom to take the cord.

    When they got in the car, she plugged in the cord, and Three Little Birds was playing for him.

    Pretty amazing evidence that his sister’s spirit was involved… Her iPod holds 2500 songs!

    These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your life. Do you have a story to share?

  • Atlanta Angel

    Sacred Stories

    She had been out of state visiting her son and daughter-in-law and her new grandson.

    Choosing to spare them having to drag the baby across town to escort her, she assured them she was capable of catching a bus and getting herself to the airport.

    She set out. However, her confidence soon wavered. Since her husband had died, she often felt without support. This was one of those times.

    A man, missing his front teeth, was seated at the bus stop when she arrived there. She said she was going to the airport. He assured her she was in the right place for the bus to the airport. So, she waited….

    Almost an hour had passed, and when no bus arrived at the scheduled time, the man jumped up and told her to come with him. “They just don’t run on time. We’ll have to get you to the subway station or you will miss your flight!”

    She felt some hesitation, but in the desire to make her flight, she followed quickly.

    When they got to the subway station, he insisted on going down into the station with her. “That is not necessary. I don’t want you to have to spend a token,” she protested.

    He said he did not have to pay extra. “I have a pass. I want to make sure you make it on to the right subway train!”

    She boarded the train, and as it pulled away, he put his hands together and bowed his head.

    Once again, she had been given assurance that we are always being watched over and cared for….

  • Divine Design

    Sacred Stories

    She had been doing some volunteer work with the local hospice organization. Although her involvement had not been ‘active’ in the recent past, the hospice person stayed in touch some via text.

    When she received a text message asking if this was a good time for her to provide some additional assistance, she had to decline, saying that her husband had recently been hospitalized. His care at home was demanding at lot of her right now.

    The hospice person wrote back asking, “Is there anything I can do to support you?”

    What had begun as a request for her to give support, suddenly unfolded into an opportunity for her to receive support.

    “I have been wondering if my husband could receive additional help managing his pain by going onto hospice care. It is increasingly difficult to get him to the doctor, too. I have been too overwhelmed to even make the call.” She spoke honestly.

    Within less than 24 hours the hospice person had put things into motion with absolute resolution. By the end of the night her husband had been accepted on hospice care!

    “I can see it all as such evidence that God is working all things together for good,” she said.

    Like the individual shards of glass in a kaleidoscope, all the people and happenings in our lives are moment-to-moment perfection being revealed. Life is more beautiful with the ups and downs. Each circumstance in our life is being expressed in Divine Design….

    Thank you for noticing this evidence and beauty in your own circumstances. Please share with others. These are sacred stories.

  • Flowers of Love

    Sacred Stories

    She arranged to have a dear friend create the floral arrangements for the church altar in honor of their wedding anniversary.

    On the way home from church, they gave one bouquet to her late friend’s daughter. The daughter was from out-of-state, supporting her father with hospice care there in his own home. The daughter had been sick, worn out, recovering, and in the thick of compassion fatigue. She cried when she saw the beautiful bouquet and felt the thoughtfulness.

    The other bouquet went to a neighbor whose husband had passed just six weeks prior — and it just happened to be their 48th anniversary!

    Clearly the gifts of these ‘Flowers of Love’ were divinely guided as well as lovingly created.

    Be alert to the subtle guidance you receive. Share the way Sacred Stories are alive in your life.

  • Timing is Everything

    Sacred Stories

    His choice was to donate his body to science.

    After he passed, his grand daughter was surprised to see he had done the necessary paperwork exactly one year ago!

    Timing is Everything

    When the stars line up
    And you catch a break
    People think you’re lucky
    But you know its grace
    It can happen so fast
    Or a little bit late
    Timing is everything

    Songwriters: Natalie Nicole Hemby / Troy Jones
    Timing Is Everything lyrics © Tiltawhirl Music, Crozier Music