I truly believe if we look closely at our lives we will see Heaven's Hand in our lives every day. The veil is thin and we just forget to look and acknowledge. I have experienced many times thoughts or songs in my head to answer a prayer, a street light that will go on during the day unexpectedly or other unexplained events. I want to include a few in this section. Not to be pompous, but to share I believe in heavenly intervention.
Pennies from Heaven:
Often pennies appear in my life at odd times or in odd places to let me know heaven is near. I truly believe that. Even on the front of a penny are printed the words "Trust in God" to remind us to trust our unknown futures to an all knowing God. My seminary kids would always tease me about places I would find pennies or friends would contact me when they found a penny in an strange place. The most unusual penny-place was when I was driving down the highway on Mount Hood to speak in sacrament meeting at a nearby town The Dalles. KC was riding with me and I was nervous for the talk. As we buzzed down the road at 55 miles an hour a penny rolled down the windshield of our blue Astro Van and wedged itself in the windshield wiper. If it rolled from off the top of the van it was defying gravity. The only other explanation was that it dropped literally from heaven. KC was skeptical, but all things are possible!
Angels Clearing the Path:
I mentioned in an earlier section that I have had a fear of bad road conditions ever since a seminary student and her sister that I visit taught were killed on icy roads just below our home in Hood River. I was too distressed to drive home from Idaho that winter 2009 (Keegan even missed school because of my fears). Finally we headed out from Boise and drove into a terrible storm with white-out blizzard conditions. I could not see and drove 35-40 miles per hour for six hours trying to stay on the road. We came to a road sign warning us of a bad stretch with low visibility ahead, Keegan asked jokingly what the rest had been, but I was scared. I shared with him the Old Testament story of Elisha and the chariots of fire on the hills and how there were more people to help us than we could see with our physical eyes. We said another prayer and as we finished two snow plows and a de-icer truck all pulled out in front of us and guided us through the awful part of the canyon pass. I know they were our guardian angels sent when I could no longer endure driving the journey alone. High winds later plummeted us along the gorge, which Keegan hates more than ice and snow, but we continued to pray and made it home safely after double the normal travel time and fear level. The snow plows and de-icer were our miracle that day.
Texted Answer for Prayer:
Spring 2015 I was having a very tough morning and had gone into my closet to kneel in prayer and was pouring out my heart to heaven while weeping. As I left the closet with tears still on my face I heard my phone ping that I had received a text. A friend said she had stopped mid-project to send me the text with a scripture reference she felt so prompted. The scripture was from one of my very favorite Old Testament stories about King Hezekiah, but I had never connected with this verse in this way before: 2 Kings 20:5- "I have heard thy prayer. I have seen thy tears: behold I will heal thee." Truly God lives and He is near!
Scriptures that inspire me:
James 1:5 in Primary (first scripture memorized)
Isaiah 40:31 and 41:10 as a youth
Proverbs 3:5-6 and Roman 8:28 as a younger mom
1 Nephi 1:20 and 3 Nephi 18:20 recently
Many many give me comfort.
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