Yankee Candle has some pretty tea light angels
and jar toppers for sale now. I bought this lovely one. They would be
nice to use all year round. Here is the link to Yankee Candle where
you can see all the the angels.
http://www.yankeecandle.com/search?q=angel&commit
I have a strong spiritual belief, but am not a religious person in a
traditional sense. Last Sunday my husband and I spent the weekend with
my daughter. Our little one year old granddaughter was going to be
baptized during their Sunday church service. I was surprised when I saw
what the sermon was going to be. The story of Abraham and his son
Isaac, a story of faith and sacrifice from the bible. You may remember
that Abraham was willing to sacrifice his greatest treasure, his only
son, when he was asked to by God. The odd thing about this was that I
had been discussing this biblical story
with my husband a week or two before this and finding it very difficult
to understand. There were many times during the service that I had
tears streaming down my face. I identified so strongly with this.
On our return trip home my husband and I stopped to buy some lattes for
the road. As we were walking to the store I noticed a license plate on
a car that read "PSALM91". I didn't know what psalm that was, but I
made a note to look it up when we got home. There was another car just
two spaces away with a license plate that read "BJOYFUL". About half an
hour later as we were driving home I saw a license plate that had
letters that was an abbreviation of "trust in him," but I don't remember
exactly how they abbreviated it.
That was three different
biblical/spiritual references within an hour of each other after that
church service. I knew they were messages. When we arrived home I looked up Psalm 91 (http://www.biblegateway.com/).
It is a prayer of protection. The part I was familiar with is this:
"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy
ways." I have been thinking about these things this past week, and was
further amazed yesterday when I saw a post by a facebook friend early in
the day about psalm 91! To top that off, another facebook friend had
posted about psalm 91 later in the day! What are the odds?
Anything creative is very healing. I have found comfort in cooking, decorating, knitting, and of course, my poetry. I am being guided toward painting now. Last month I started taking painting classes from a local Art teacher who has a strong connection with angels. I never know what I am going to paint. It is purely inspirational with some guidance with the basics from my teacher. I have never painted before. Last night was my third class. Look what I painted! I am walking out in faith on this new journey.
Here is a link to two different webinars from The Compassionate Friends. The Compassionate Friends is a national grief organization for those who have lost children, grandchildren, or siblings. They have over 600 chapters in the US as well as chapters overseas. The featured webinar is about handling grief during the holidays. The other will be about dreams. They are free. You will just need to register to listen to the upcoming one on dreams.
http://www.compassionatefriends.org/News_Events/Special-Events/Webinars.aspx
The
past few days have been filled with signs and messages. I'd like to
share them to show the many different ways that we can receive messages.
It would be easy to rationalize away some signs. They are so often
small things. I think we tend to feel that signs will come in some big
way. Sometimes they do. We have to let our minds get out of the way
and accept what we intuitively understand. I have been learning over
time to be more conscious of the world of spirit and the way the
universe speaks to us.
Monday night while I was in bed my motion
activated alarm in my basement that gives a doorbell ring in my bedroom
went off three different times by the time I got up! Each time it did
three doorbell rings - ding dong, ding dong, ding dong. Usually when
the alarm goes off it only happens once in the wee hours of the morning.
There has never been anyone in the basement. We know it is my son
staying in touch! :)
Yesterday while I was driving I saw a van that
said "ANGEL RIDES" on the side. A little further I saw a big
commercial truck with graphics and the words "ALMOST HEAVEN". When I
got home I opened a Lenox Holiday catalog that came in the mail. On the
very first page there was a Christmas ornament of a dove with the word
GRACE on it! Three different heavenly things within a half hours time.
I don't believe they were coincidental.
A couple of hours later I was listening to an internet radio show on blog talk radio. I was signed into the chat room. I was so surprised when Pamela said that she had a message for me from my son! Once a month she devotes her show to messages from Heaven. Here is a link to her show.
After that I had a Metaphysical
meet-up group meeting. The topic was mediumship. When I was leaving
the building to come home I heard a song drifting up from the lower
level. It was "I'm Already There" by Lonestar! It was a wonderful way to have the day end. I put a link to it
below - enjoy listening to this song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJEP5sWuDi8
A few days ago my husband and I went to our local mall to do a little
shopping. We were looking at a holiday display of Lenox china items and
noticed a beautiful angel figurine. The angel is holding a heart in her
hands. This angel was with the holiday items but can be used at any
time. She was so symbolic and meaningful to us. We bought her in our
son's loving memory.
After this I went to the card store in
the mall. I was looking for Thanksgiving cards for my parents and my
daughter and son-in-law. It is always bittersweet to buy cards for
holidays now. Thanksgiving can be especially difficult. I was thinking
about my son as I started reading the different cards. The next thing I
knew the Phil Collins song "You'll Be In My Heart" came on in the
store. I started to cry. I knew that Graham was talking to me. It
wasn't until an hour ago that it dawned on me that the angel figurine
holding a heart was the prelude to the song message and tied it all
together! Thank you, Graham. Thank you for being our loving son. Love
is always and forever. ♥
Phil Collins: You'll Be In My Heart
