So here we are, widowed, grieving, surviving, or waiting, wondering, questioning. The first three involve getting to where we are, looking back. The second three involve our future, looking forward. Looking back or looking forward, which should we do?
We should remember our ultimate goal. Heaven.
Heaven is my ultimate goal while working to complete my purpose here on earth. I do get some tastes of my ultimate goal though. To me, these experiences are sensory and complete and unexpected. The two biggest tastes that I have experienced are Joy and Peace. What are the others, I can only guess. Sight, Sound, Presence, Comfort, Facts, Knowledge, Understanding, ...
I think that we get little tastes of Heaven every day, and occasionally big ones. Like Einstein said, "Coincidences are God's way of staying anonymous". It could be a beautiful blue sky, a soft warming or cooling breeze, birds greeting the morning, the soft sound of water lapping at the shore, and so many more.
Then there are the large, overwhelming, tastes or experiences.
The first overwhelming Heavenly Feeling I experienced was Joy and it was a short experience. I started donating blood, doing it with my first girlfriend following the death of my wife. We had broken up but still did things together. I donated several pints then I found out about platelet donation and donated those for the next 3 years until I started having nasty nose bleeds.
Then after one donation that took the usual two and one-half hours with a short movie, I was driving about a half block away, when I was hit by a happiness, Joy that filled me. It only lasted about a minute, but again, it was so complete that it was unmistakable. It was like God was pleased with me.
The second Heavenly Feeling I experienced was Peace, and it visits me in little bits still. On my last birthday, I had a meeting notice for the next day for a 1-on-1 with my supervisor. I knew what it was for. He was just promoted to manager, my manager, and was going to terminate my contract. I contacted my company, and they were going to follow-up for me.
Meanwhile, I had volunteered to help my neighbor move some furniture to their new apartment. Nothing light of course and still difficult to take up 17 steps to the apartment. On the way back home, my company called me and verified my suspicions. Unlike my usual response to a situation like this, I didn't care. Actually, I was glad. I was at peace. God had it covered. Like the instructions in the Surrender Novena, I had been surrendering my problems to Jesus.
Since then, when I drop my ideas for retribution, surrendering my problems regarding my career, I again feel the peace. I gave it to God and have faith that my situation will work out correctly.
About coincidences, a gift of something happening that is unlikely and at just the right time. The most frequent coincidence is of a traffic light changing in my favor, as or just before I arrive at it.
Another possibility is Angelic or Divine Intervention when attention and action are executed when driving, and a near miss occurs that could have been a crash or hitting a curb or post.
More to come. I'm certain of it!
