My Miracle Story....

It was God telling me not to give up!

"I keep a lit Christmas tree in my office 365 days a year, cause when you get a "second chance" every day is like Christmas!

Thank you for staying tuned!  I want to share my miracle story with you, as promised!  It happened the week after Christmas 15 years ago.  Christmas is a time when people seem to be more tuned into miracles and angels.  15 years ago I was in my second year of trying to recover from a workplace accident whose injuries left me hopeless.  I had already undergone 1 back surgery and was being "strongly advised" by worker's comp to undergo another one.  My inner guidance kept telling me not to do it...but my options were to have the 2nd more extensive surgery and "comply" with worker's comp or else basically be cut off and return to work?

I was in constant pain, not sleeping, and I wasn't worth 2 nickels.  How could I work for anyone?  I was in despair and became suicidal.  A friend gave me a copy of "Embraced by the Light" by Betty Eadie, hoping it would give me some of my faith back.  I read the book about a week after Christmas and was so moved by her near death experience.  I kept thinking about it all that morning, asking God to show me why this happened, but more importantly why I should hang around....what was my purpose??

I decided "to make myself useful" and remove all the Christmas ornaments from the tree located in the basement.  I knew this simple chore would take me most of the day.  I removed the ornaments one by one until they were all safely sroted within the box.  I even waved my hands through the tree to make sure all the ornaments had been removed.  I even stood back and deliberately looked at the tree from a few feet away to assure it was bare. 

As I painfully made my way down the steps to return the ornament box to the basement I kept praying for God to show me which way to turn, to help me in any way he could. 

I came back into the room where the tree was and I noticed something on the tree and I noticed something on the tree at eye level.  My heart stopped and my jaw dropped to the floor.  It was an ANGEL ORNAMENT....one that was a thousand percent for sure not there a moment ago and one I did not own.  I had never seen it before, it was a SIGN!  IT WAS A MIRACLE.....it was GOd telling me not to give up!  I held that angel ornament for the next few hours-I kept crying and telling God thank you- I didn't know what it all meant or where it would lead to, but I knew it was GOOD. 

A week after the mysterious angel ornament appeared, a dear friend introduced me to a woman named Kathy was very direct in her approach and informed me that it was time I "took my health back" by learning to do Reiki on myself....my friend paid for the class and I spent one of the most magical days of my life with Kathy learning the first degree of Reiki.  I went home and immeadiately started.  I went home and immeadiately started working on myself.  I noticed changes in my pain level immediately.  I kept praying and holding my hands over my back where my surgical scar was. 

Within 3 months I was well enough to begin a new life as a Reiki Practitioner....people came to me from out of nowhere...I was actually helping them, and I got stronger and stronger.  I keep a lit Christmas tree in my office 365 days a year, cause when you get a "second chance" every day is like Christmas!!

I look at all the lives I've been able to touch, and it's so humbling and thrilling all at the same time!  I wake up every day wanting only to work for God...in whatever capacity, it doesn't matter to me! 

Oh, and 2 last things....whatever happened to the angel ornament?  I put it back in the box with all the other ornaments but when I went back down to "check on it" it was gone.  Also later I found out my Reiki teacher had an avid interest in a certain subject, one whole room in her house was dedicated to her "special interest".....and she even taught a class on it...yes it was angels!!!

God Bless You!