Miracles News

July-September, 2010

Reconciliation

Rev. Vicki Rostant

Last week I received a call advising that the health day we had scheduled months ago at a publishing company for Tuesday this week had to be cancelled. When I received the call, although I had offered the day to Holy Spirit to make all decisions, the ego quickly took over and I started fretting about the inconvenience and lost income. Fortunately, sanity returned and I asked Holy Spirit what the freed-up day was to be used for. I was moved to call my sister and ask if she was free that day and if I could come to visit. She was delighted and we both looked forward to getting together. We would visit her husband’s grave (he passed away last June) to see the tombstone her son had chosen. I offered to plant some flowers at the site, then she would take us, her other son and me, out to lunch. Then I would leave in time to pick up my partner at her work-place (she is a teacher), where I had dropped her off in the morning. We parted after a delightful day together in sharing and fellowship, and she saw me off with thanks and a message of greetings and love to my partner.

That seemingly simple story was a long time in the making and demonstrates the power of the Holy Spirit to heal and transform in ways that could not be imagined or envisioned. My sister and her husband and family and I had been estranged for almost 30 years. Their personal and religious beliefs did not agree with my life choices, so we had little to no contact for over 25 years. ACIM came into my life over 5 years ago when I begged God for help during a period of darkness in the midst of a seemingly very rich life. Since then, studying ACIM and other related materials, making attempts to practice the principles of Love and Forgiveness, to allow my perceptions of the world to be changed (add water and repeat again and again!), events started to happen that brought us together on a few occasions over the past 5 years. These were distant and formal.

Last year, in May, I looked in my day-planner and saw that there was a week coming up in which for 3 days I had absolutely no appointments, business or personal. I knew there was a purpose, so I waited. Around that time, my brother-in-law, who had been ill for a time, became worse and he was returned to the hospital. They had not done any planning around the event of his passing, and being a little unexpected, my sister obviously needed support. So, as per Holy Spirit’s plan, I was able to be there for my sister over a period of several days, to look at care facilities, as she would not be able to care for him at home if/when he left the hospital; to pre-plan his funeral; have frank discussions with his doctors about his prognosis, etc., etc.

What was even more astounding is the following: on the first day I went, I took my sister to the hospital to visit him. I thought I knew why I was there — to support her as was needed. However, I also knew that I needed to go and see my brother-in-law. I had some trepidation about whether he would receive me or ask me to leave. He had made it clear to me, not too long before, what the Bible had to say about my lifestyle. I put it in Holy Spirit’s hands as I went into his isolation room with my nephew.

He did not recognize me at first with my short hair-cut. So we told him who I was. Then his face lit up like a light had been turned on, he smiled broadly, said my name and we hugged. I sat with him for over an hour talking and laughing as he told me stories about his childhood, his mother, his walking miles to school, his journey to becoming a doctor. His son sat there the whole time, amazed, as he watched his Father connect with me and hear stories that he had never heard. I visited him with the family a few more times after that. He passed away three weeks later. All necessary details had been taken care of and his passing was peaceful.

That Holy Moment has healed the chasm that has been a part of the entire family for decades – those here in Canada and those in Trinidad. So, the simple fact that I went and had a lovely lunch with my sister and my nephew is a miracle. It is testimony to the power of the Holy Spirit, with a little willingness, to move mountains of separation and heal and transform them to Love and Unity. For this I give Thanks and will keep looking closely at what’s going on in my day book!

Rev. Vicki Rostant, OMC is a Pathways of Light minister living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. E-mail: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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