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A viewer writes: “I was coming down the front steps from my apartment on a Sunday morning sometime in March, forgetting that the night before we’d had a freezing rain warning. I breezed down like everything was normal, but in fact there was a thin layer of ice on at least one of the spots just before I reached the bottom and suddenly my legs flew out from under me. I seemed to elevate and then come straight down, striking the corner of one of the steps with what I thought was my entire body weight, on my left back around the pelvis, above the top of the glutes around the left kidney. As I recall, I immediately prayed for the healing help of Creator and painfully rolled onto all fours, with nobody around (the street was actually closed for a foot race but again no one around) and wondering if I was dying. The impact was so brutal I wondered about internal bleeding, but although I was stunned from everything, I slowly realized that I was possibly just bruised and winded and lifted myself up and managed to mount the stairs to the main floor and then to my second-floor apartment. I was still not sure that I was not in dire trouble but I didn’t feel faint so I didn’t call for help (I live alone except for my dogs and the tenants in my building) and played it minute by minute. I iced the injured area and rested all day, and the next day went to see my chiropractor. He said three vertebrae were displaced and he put them back. He also speculated that perhaps I had a bruised kidney and suggested x-rays. I arranged for that over the coming days but everything was fine. Considering the force of the impact I really feel that I had a divine save on this one. Might be interesting to check on it with Creator. Were angels somehow involved in helping me that day? I realized during the evening of the day this happened I must have tried to break the fall with my left hand and had a sore wrist. I think that’s the only ongoing issue now and it’s very minimal. Thank God for all the help!” Was there divine help involved? What can Creator tell us?
ClosedNicola asked 7 days ago • 
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A viewer sent a testimonial: “WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM: I needed to find a reliable person to replace a long-term tenant. WHAT CHANGED: Many people expressed interest, but one applicant, we’ll call Rafael, stood out to my rental agent and then to me for his heartbreaking story and warm attitude. He had suffered two deaths in his immediate family over the past year, his wife from cancer and his 19-year-old son in a car accident. Despite all of that, compassion and love oozed from him. I could see that God was firmly in his situation. Everything else checked out, so the agent and I agreed to interview him and immediately agreed to sign him to a lease. SEVERAL SYNCHRONICITIES ENSUED: First, in reviewing details after the lease signing, I learned that Rafael had a second last name, common in Hispanic circles, that he had not used on the lease. Why is that important? The last name rhymed with the original tenant’s last name, my late brother-in-law [name withheld] who passed on 2022, and with my dog’s name [name withheld]. For those who look for signs, this was practically “written in the sky with letters 1,000 feet high” (from the 60s movie and title song, To Sir with Love). Then, I mentioned to Rafael that I would be replacing the kitchen stove because the ceramic top was badly cracked. The agent had advised to replace it sooner, but I had waited in case the new tenant had his or her own. To my surprise, not only did Rafael need to bring his own stove, but it was a perfect match for the black-and-white themed kitchen. In addition to that, Rafael also has a small dog and I asked hopefully during the lease signing if he had a cat, but he said no. I said that’s fine, but was secretly disappointed because, although we had recently resolved an ongoing mouse issue by paying a professional to systematically seal the entire building envelope, cats can also be very helpful but none of us had one. Then, about day three after he moved in, my dogs noticed a cat in his bedroom window—a welcome surprise! Rafael said he had her in his prior place but had given her to his sister-in-law, trying to be prudent about bringing in two animals as a newcomer. But his dog and the cat were very bonded and she cried for her doggy friend when Rafael left her behind initially, but now knowing my preference, he brought her over. In addition to those synchronicities, notwithstanding a difference in skin color, Rafael bears a strong physical resemblance to my late, beloved brother-in-law in terms of stature and build. Finally, his lease began on my hoped-for date without any break in the rent schedule, so that’s very helpful and as we have gotten more acquainted, I can see he’s a very solid character. Friends helped him move and he quickly but patiently got everything nicely set up down there, surrounded by family photos and love letters from his late wife, and his remaining family network and friends have been by his side throughout the transition. WHAT I WOULD TELL OTHERS: Never be afraid to invite Creator into your problem-solving scenarios, as wonderful answers can appear in many meaningful ways.” Was the divine realm involved in helping to bring the new tenant his way, especially one whose circumstances provided such meaningful synchronicities?
ClosedNicola asked 7 days ago • 
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The widespread narrative is, of course, that the Romans crucified an innocent man. But innocent of what? Because, if anything, Jesus was extraordinarily politically incorrect. Dr. Pagels wrote, “The astonished crowds recognize that Jesus possesses a special authority, direct access to God’s power. … the scribes immediately took offense at what they considered his usurpation of divine authority. By pronouncing forgiveness, Jesus claims the right to speak for God – a claim that, Mark says, angers the scribes: ‘Why does this man speak this way? It is blasphemy! Who can forgive sins but God alone? Instead of fasting, like other devout Jews, Jesus ate and drank freely. And instead of scrupulously observing Sabbath laws, Jesus excused his disciples when they broke them. Claiming divine and royal power while simultaneously violating the purity laws, Jesus, at the beginning of his public activity, outrages virtually every party among his contemporaries, from the disciples of John the Baptist to the scribes and Pharisees.'” We are faced with the conundrum of Jesus “speaking truth to power.” The hazards of which are so visibly and starkly apparent from human history, that his eventual crucifixion was not only NOT a surprise but, in fact, an almost near certainty. Anyone wishing to follow his example and engage in speaking “truth to power,” as he did, is not likely to avoid a similar life-threatening fate. What lessons are we to best derive from this? What is Creator’s perspective?
ClosedNicola asked 5 months ago • 
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