Moments Of Faith God Stories
Listening To The
Holy Spirit
Abstactly driving the school route one morning, I veer a different way. Halfway down the street, I notice what looks like a wallet. I back up and pick it up. After dropping children at different schools, I find a phone number in the wallet. I do not disturb the contents. I leave a message on their answering machine to call me. They call later that afternoon…
Heaven’s
Answer
Marriage is hard. We are easily distracted from our part in a relationship by careers, extended family, hobbies, opportunities, and stress. We harbor feelings of resentment and betrayal when our partner chooses to spend their time elsewhere. It becomes a one-way relationship unable to meet our needs. Boundaries are broken when someone has to cover…
Fill The
Vacancy
After moving to a dryer climate to help my disabilities, we soon join a small mission church rather than drive 40 minutes to an hour for larger ones in my chosen denomination. I begin helping the music minister since
that is my background and I am not well enough to work regular hours. She is the Pastor’s wife and a full- time science teacher.
Midnight Guitar
Concert
An additional symptom of my disabling disease Fibromyalgia is having multiple sleep disorders. The medications for this are hit or miss. Since pain levels from my degenerative spine are increasing, the doctor begins testing medications one after the other. Doing a sleep medication trial is especially frustrating because the likely…
Warmth For A
Stranger
Driving the soccer practice route for my sons on an unusually cold day, I see a homeless person walking with no coat or jacket. I have not seen anyone in this area before, but we are not far from a major highway. Impulsively, I ask my 3 year old if they are attached to the extra blanket in the car. He is holding the one he really likes…
Spiritual
Support
God knows when we are a train wreck. Around the time I became disabled, I began working a 12 step program to counter my dysfunctional coping patterns and resentments. When becoming disabled, every facet of life changes along with your lost vocation and identity. Being a perfectionist co-dependent is not helpful. Co-dependency means…