Debra Basham

Living and Loving

Tag: Sacred Stories

  • Trust

    Sacred Stories

    It was her birthday, and the Angelic Messenger Card she drew was “Trust.”

    Acknowledging universal love as your basis for bonding with others.

    You have drawn this card to reinforce your belief in a loving Universe and to awaken new channels through which you can use the Universe’s love to strengthen your ties with other people, with animals and other living things, and with the work that you offer a service to humanity and the planet.

    You may be experiencing, or are about to experience, an accelerated period of spiritual growth and breakthrough in which your definition of love will change. Still, you are encouraged to maintain your trust and belief in yourself as a worthy and effective vehicle of positive action. Whatever your fears, whatever your insecurities, the angels are working with you to bring you into greater clarity with the nature of love.

    Angelic Messenger Cards: Divine Guidance for Personal Healing and Spiritual Discovery, A Book and Divination Deck by Meredith L. Young-Sowers.

    When she opened her email a bit later, the Loving Reminders for that day was also Trust!

    Learn to Trust

    Wherever there is trust, there is peace.
    Whenever we trust, we allow Good.
    However we trust, we will understand.
    With Trust in us, we can flow with life.

    Trust opens minds.
    Trust give us freedom.
    Trust encourages creation.
    Trust brings creative solutions.

    Trust in what, you may say
    Trust in the Universe or Source or God.
    Trust in Divine Right Outcome.
    Trust in the Goodness and Love That Is.

    By Betty Lue Leiber (To receive Reminders, write to: bettylue@reunionministries.org)

    Obviously, the theme of Trust will be part of our consciousness for the year!

  • Seven Years

    Sacred Stories

    They had seemed very right together. She thought this was a forever thing. Sure, they had gotten together so quickly after his wife died, but they had all known one another. It was not like they started out as strangers and they weren’t kids.

    He had been restless for several years, but what had made him decide he could not be with her any longer? Now settling in to the new community without him—moving alone into the winter home he had picked out for them—her heart still had so many questions.

    The stories of life began to bubble up as she met her new neighbors. One particular couple had come together after he had been on the wild side for seven years following the death of his wife. He said it was like he had so much grief he could not deal with it in a conventional way. His wife had died with pancreatic cancer.

    Her heart did not miss the deeply meaningful coincidences: Her former partner’s wife had also died with pancreatic cancer, and that had been seven years ago.

    It was as though the Universe was helping her know she had not done anything wrong: This was his grief journey….

    “Sometimes you learn more about someone at the end of a relationship than at the beginning.” ~ Anonymous

  • Salmon Patties

    Sacred Stories

    It was their common concern about the mother they had shared for over fifty years that brought them together for salmon patties late that Saturday evening in October.

    “What are you doing?” he asked when his sister-in-law answered his mom’s phone.

    “Just starting some dinner. What about you?” she asked.

    “Same here. What are you making?” They continued the small talk, avoiding more serious matters. Their mom had been at home with hospice care for almost six months now, and had been experiencing worsening symptoms for the past day or so.

    “Salmon patties,” she said.

    “You are kidding? That is what we are making, too! Why don’t we come down and we can have dinner together.”

    So they sat around the family table in that tiny kitchen. They laughed a lot, as they ate salmon patties.

    salmon patties

    Neither of them knew at the time that would be the last meal their mom would partake of before transitioning from her physical body.

    “Coincidences mean you’re on the right path.” ~ Simon Van Booy

  • “The Afterlife Connection”

    Sacred Stories

    Following her husband’s death, she found seeing it too painful, so the helium balloon he had given her was put in the guest room, out of sight.

    On the anniversary of his passing, though deflated for many long months, that balloon re-inflated and floated out of the bedroom, down the hallway, and came to hover directly above his chair.

    This is only one of the messages she has received. She suggests The Afterlife Connection: A Therapist Reveals How to Communicate with Departed Loved Ones, by Dr. Jane Greer.

    Dr. Jane Greer, a classically trained therapist, began with the belief that the bond that exists between the living and the dead is not purely a psychological one, but is, in fact, much more dynamic and empowering. In the shattering aftermath of her own mother’s death, Dr. Greer learned—and shows us as well—that transcommunication is not simply a “hello from heaven” but a powerful therapeutic tool that is available to any of us. Through this communication, the pain of grieving can be made more bearable, ambivalent relationships can be healed, and a loved one’s messages can bring relief and joy.{Amazon.com}

    (See also the previous Sacred Story, Hope You Feel Better Soon.)

  • Crane and Hummingbird

    Sacred Stories

    Adjusting to the passing of her brother included her move to Florida.

    She was delighted by the Sandhill Cranes, but naïve to the connection with her brother until one particular crane that had consistently followed her around in the yard pecked at a glass hummingbird she had placed in a flower pot until it broke.
    hummingbird-broken

    Only then did she realize he was still with her, now in another form!

    crane

    (See the previous Sacred Story about Hummingbird: He is All Around Me.)

  • Easy Street

    Sacred Stories

    She was still recovering from the loss of her husband ten years prior, brought to a renewal of the sharp pain of grief as she anticipated their son’s up-coming wedding: feeling the loss, dreading the day, thinking herself helpless to feel joy in the event, she set about shopping online for silver shoes to go with the dress she had no heart to buy.

    When the shoes arrived, she knew her husband was bringing her a message!

    Easy Street - sacred stories

    She says, “I have never seen a shoe box with words! ‘Celebrate! Grace! Enjoy! Play!’ I know this is what my husband is saying we will do at our son’s wedding. And the shoes were on sale!”

  • Saved by the Horn

    Sacred Stories

    This man’s memory of his having being saved by a horn honk is still alive after over fifty years. He writes:

    I was driving north on Bayshore for a date with my then-girlfriend. The speed limit was 55. Traffic was, as usual, heavy. I was listening to the radio and pretty-much lost in thought. I heard a horn honk. I looked up just in time to see that the traffic had come to a full stop in front of me. I jammed on the brakes and just barely managed to stop before rear-ending the guy in front of me. I looked around to see whom I should thank for the warning honk. No one was paying any attention at all to me. My sense has always been that the sound of the horn was “other dimensional.”

  • Thanks, Chrissie!

    Sacred Stories

    She went swimming one day, and as she was looking at the clouds, she thought, “I should have asked Chrissie when she was alive, that once she passed, I would know what that sign might be.”

    So she thought, “Okay, Chrissie, just give me a sign, any sign.”

    As she was driving home, there was a huge rainbow in the sky…

    “Thanks, Chrissie!”

    rainbow michigan city lighthouse sept 2015

    How often we might have thought something was too late, then realized those who have passed on are right here with us.

  • Jesus Healed Me!

    Sacred Stories

    Her co-worker’s daughter was having routine surgery in another state when the call came through with shocking news. “We are losing her!”

    Feeling totally helpless to do anything for her daughter, the mother asked her co-worker to please pray.

    Seeking a quiet space, the co-worker centered herself, and began to send healing intention. Much to her surprise, she had a powerful image of Jesus pop into her mind. This was not a normal religious icon for her, and she watched with great interest as Jesus went to the side of the operating table and began to work with the patient.

    Moments later, another call affirmed what she had seen happening, “She made it!”

    Although the woman did not share the images she had seen that day as she prayed for her co-worker’s daughter, several years later, she had the opportunity to meet this daughter. The daughter spontaneously burst into a description of the experience she had with Jesus while she had been in surgery—detailed as it had been seen by the co-worker of her mother.

    Jesus
    She is not sure why Jesus chose to come to her, but she has continued to always call on Jesus when she is asked for healing intention.

  • Barred Owl

    Sacred Stories

    Traveling to visit a friend in Florida, she missed the road and ended up on a two-track where she had a surprise encounter with a barred owl.

    This visit turned out to be their last; her friend passed away before they would be together again.

    Walking on the beach at home, she came upon a most unusual find: a dead barred owl. She was instantly reminded of the owl she had seen on the way to visit her friend, and she recognized this communication through nature.
    barred owl