I can’t think of anything that has impacted me more than the words I heard that strange night so many years ago.
In the middle of the night I had an upsetting and horrible dream about alien abduction and I awoke in a panic. My legs and feet were thrashing under the covers, I had an extremely rapid pulse and labored breathing, my eyes were wide open searching the room, and tears were streaming down my cheeks. I broke into a sweat. I sat straight up in bed and was looking around for the small big-eyed creatures of my dream, the adrenaline pumping throughout my body. The fight or flight instinct was kicking in rapidly and I was looking around for a weapon, apparently choosing fight over flight. And then something happened.
I heard a very clear, normal volume, male voice that said, “Everything is as it should be.” I audibly heard it. I stopped looking around for a weapon. I sat as still as a statue. All thought left my mind. I immediately knew it was a clear message from the God I believed in. I sensed, felt, and recognized down to my very soul that what I had just heard was the essence of truth. “Everything is as it should be.” I calmed down within seconds of hearing it, for not only had I heard it, I felt it. A complete and utter calmness came over me immediately. All my fear vanished in a heartbeat.
“Everything is as it should be.” That was and still is the most profound statement I’ve ever heard. Even in the depths of a pity party I have remembered those words and they always comfort me. I remember them and realize that I will eventually get past the sadness, hurt or anger and there will be a reason for what has happened. Some of my most rewarding periods of growth have come from some heart wrenching experience. I wish I could say that I haven’t had very many of those but life inevitably has a way of throwing wrenches into your plans from time to time. But I always get past them. I always survive and live to tell those words to whoever will listen.
Sometimes I believe I was put on this earth to spread that message. “Everything is as it should be.” It always is and will always be. I’ve learned not to resist life’s lessons as much as I once did. Remembering that everything is as it should be helps me every single day of my life.
Hey there Roxie. It's been a long time since I've visited the smartgal blog. At least it seems like a long time because a lot of changes has taken place over the past six months. But I got to tell you your post on "the night God spoke" just grabbed me. I was about to print off Tamar's chpt's on Clothesline Wars to see what I have been missing and lo and behold the first article I stop to read is yours.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I feel like I have dreamed your dreamed many years ago. Weird feeling reading it and so I read it over again.
And yes I am a believer that life's lessons teach us so much. I have this saying that what doesn't break me will stand to make me even stronger. I have a lot of catching up to do on here. I am glad to see you guys have been continually sharing your stories. I love it.