Trusting your intuitions

Kids listening

Ever have a strong feeling that you ought to be doing something, and you don’t know why?

Rob’s a contractor and he was on his way to a condo association for an appointment. This cold winter day, he decided to use the rear entrance, past piles of plowed snow, past the pool, past the equipment shed. He would just make it on time.

Then he thought he saw someone out of the corner of his eye but, looking back, he saw no one. A few yards later he stopped, put his truck in reverse and drove back to that spot. Nothing. He was about to go forward again, but something just wouldn’t let him. Rob backed up further and then saw someone face down in the snow next to the pool.

He jumped out of the truck, leaped over the pool fence and kneeled and spoke to her. No response. Turning her over gently, he recognized her as a board member. He immediately called the man with whom he had the appointment and told him this woman needed help.

Meanwhile she briefly regained consciousness. She looked at Rob and asked, “Are you an angel?” “No,” he smiled, “I’m Rob.” She told him of a medical condition, which he was able to relay to the paramedics who soon arrived.

I guess Rob went on to his appointment then. His mom didn’t say. But something special had happened to, and within, Rob that day. When he called his mom to share this special experience, his conclusion was, “Mom, I listened!”

She understood. They both believe in angel messages, good thoughts from God that keep us safe, happy, useful, and helpful. Rob was thrilled to feel he had really heard an angel message, and he had paid attention -- even without knowing why.

That’s what thrilled him. He didn’t know why God was sending him back to the pool, and it didn’t matter. Because he moved with his intuition, he had been instrumental in helping this woman.

I believe God is constantly giving us angel thoughts, and we all have the ability to hear and move with those good ideas. They aren’t hard to identify, because they are usually unselfish and will help someone else. And as we move with them -- willing to give whatever we have -- like Rob, we feel a quiet thrill of affirmation.

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